We need to talk about name standards for federal judges.
Yes, you read that right. The judge's name is "Sparkle Sooknanan."
What Judge Lando Calrissian meant to say is that the Trump administration is not allowed to use updated citizenship data to check the validity of voter rolls.
From the Daily Wire:
U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups challenging President Trump's recent upgrades to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. The upgrades came under an executive order that the DHS and SSA create a database to allow state and local officials to check the citizenship or immigration status of individuals when they register to vote.
The plaintiffs argued that since the changes were made, the government had incorrectly identified people as noncitizens and purged them from their voter rolls. They also argued that the consolidation of Social Security data was a violation of federal privacy laws.
The decision is a major blow to Trump's recent efforts to crack down on illegal voting at the state level. The administration may appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
After all, why would anyone want to have updated, accurate voter rolls, right?
Judge Qui-Gon Jinn, that's who.
'All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,' Sooknanan wrote in a 75-page opinion explaining her decision favoring the advocacy groups.
The ruling declares that the database violated the Social Security Act, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
If you say so, Judge Padmé Amidala.
The ruling is just the latest in a year-and-a-half-long battle between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary over what is or isn't allowed.
Unsurprisingly, Judge Ahsoka Tano here was appointed by Joe Biden.
And now, we all get to see if this stands, or if the Supreme Court will consider intervening. One can't help but wonder if Americans from generations past could have envisioned this type of ridiculousness.
Meanwhile, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away:
Theesa federal judges are all bombad.
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