Trump v. California · ¶36
Far from disclaiming such intention, the Government has admitted that the lists “might be used solely to facilitate this sort of post-election law-enforcement activity,” Govt. Brief in Opposition in No. 1:26–cv–11581 (D Mass.), ECF Doc. 157, p. 47, and that a State’s “refusal to consider” the Federal Government’s list “could conceivably, depending on the circumstances, be relevant evidence of an intent to violate, or to facilitate the violation of, the federal laws prohibiting non-citizen voting that the Attorney General is directed to prioritize for enforcement under Section 2(b),” Reply Brief in No. 26A124, p. 13. To pretend that the lists assembled pursuant to 2(a) bear no relation to the prosecutions directed by 2(b) is to ignore the structure of the Executive Order and the Government’s words alike. As this Court has long recognized, “[p]eople do not lightly disregard public…Read in context ›
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