President Donald Trump on March 5, 2026, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok/Flickr)
President Donald Trump lost his 21st court case in his attempts to rig the midterm elections through various voter suppression methods. He has not prevailed a single time.
"A California court dealt Republicans a major defeat Thursday, rejecting their bid to soften the official description of an anti-voting measure and preserving ballot language warning that it would bar citizens from voting unless they present government-issued identification," wrote Democracy Docket's Yunior Rivas on Thursday. "The decision is a significant win for California voters seeking clear information about how the measure could prevent eligible ballots from being counted."
Rivas added, "Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Jennifer K. Rockwell denied the GOP-backed petition Thursday, ruling that Attorney General Rob Bonta’s title, summary and label accurately describe Proposition 39 and fall within his legal authority to prepare ballot materials."
Republicans attempted to rationalize their measure, Proposition 39, by arguing that it would not actually stop voters from casting ballots, but instead make sure that they had complied with voter ID requirements before that ballot could be counted. Judge Rockwell begged to differ.
“Petitioners’ contention that Proposition 39 would not prohibit “voting” because it may allow the submission of ballots that will not be counted is inconsistent with the settled understanding of what it means to ‘vote,’” Rockwell explained in her decision. “Because Proposition 39 would prohibit the counting of ballots not submitted in compliance with the identification requirements, there is nothing misleading or inaccurate about the statement that the measure ‘prohibits citizens from voting unless they present government-issued identification.’”
Trump has lost all of his voter suppression attempts in court, including those cases that appeared before other Republican judges. in lieu of prevailing in court, Trump has threatened to use the Department of Homeland Security and other federal law enforcement agencies to meddle in elections, which are constitutionally delegated to the purview of the states.