In 1957, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was created to "zealously safeguard” the right to vote. In 2025, it was responsible for bringing over half of the anti-voting lawsuits this election cycle.
DOJ seeks to revive dismissed cases against James Comey, Letitia James
The Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking yet another attempt to revive its corrupt prosecutions against two of President Donald Trump’s perceived political foes.
DOJ pulls photo of Trump from released Epstein files
The DOJ released thousands of Jeffrey Epstein files but pulled over a dozen images, including one of Trump. The department acknowledged the removals and restored the Trump photo yesterday evening, claiming it was initially flagged "to protect victims."
We will not sit by and let America fall into authoritarianism. The ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits and blocked some of the Trump administration’s worst policies and actions.
Trump’s DOJ filed half of all anti-voting lawsuits this election cycle
In 1957, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was created to "zealously safeguard” the right to vote. In 2025, it’s responsible for bringing over half of the anti-voting lawsuits this election cycle — a flip that makes it hard to deny its newfound commitment to Trump.
Pro voting groups in Illinois, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. filed motions to intervene as defendants in the DOJ’s lawsuits seeking access to the states’ and district’s complete voter registration databases. (The groups are represented by Elias Law Group, of which Democracy Docket Founder Marc Elias is chair.)
One last note (for now) on Trump’s DOJ – its campaign for voter data is a master class in incompetence
The Justice Department’s lawsuits to obtain state voter data have been riddled with sloppy filings and a growing list of self-inflicted embarrassments that undercut the department’s claim to competence.
Since day one of the Trump administration, the ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits to protect our most fundamental civil rights from attacks. And in more than 70% of our cases, we have successfully defeated, diluted, or delayed some of the Trump administration’s worst policies and actions – but our work is far from over.
Last night, only hours before it was set to air an episode about the treatment of migrants shipped to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, “60 Minutes” mysteriously pulled the episode. It’s clear, Marc writes, that “60 Minutes” can no longer be trusted to stand up to the Trump administration.
SCOTUS mail ballot case just led one state to scrap its grace period
While the Supreme Court is slated to hear a high-stakes case that could eliminate mail ballot grace periods, Ohio is already five steps ahead. Last week, the state’s governor signed a new law eliminating its four-day grace period, citing the upcoming SCOTUS case.
The latest in the voting-rights fight for Virginians with prior felony convictions
Pro-voting plaintiffs asked SCOTUS to review a 4th Circuit ruling upholding Virginia’s voting rights restoration scheme, which allows the governor to selectively restore or deny rights for people with prior felony convictions.
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