Trump handed another loss in court

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (not pictured) at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

President Donald Trump was recently dealt another unfavorable ruling by a federal judge, who struck down his attempt to obtain sensitive information about voters.

On Monday, Politico legal correspondent Josh Gerstein reported that U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai – an appointee of former President Joe Biden — dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) to obtain Oregon's database of registered voters. Kasubhai also reportedly asked the Trump administration about Attorney General Pam Bondi's letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) asking for Minnesota's voter database.

Gerstein reported that neither the Trump DOJ nor Oregon said that Bondi's letter to Walz impacted the Oregon case "at this stage," though Kasubhai's line of questioning suggests that the letter may potentially come up as an issue should the administration decide to appeal.

In order to overturn Judge Kasubhai's ruling, the Trump administration will have to petition the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (whose jurisdictions includes the District of Oregon). However, the Ninth Circuit is widely regarded as one of the most liberal judicial circuits since the late 1990s. Should the Ninth Circuit decline to overturn Judge Kasubhai's decision, the Trump DOJ will have to hope for relief from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).

The administration's loss in the District of Oregon comes on the heels of another separate loss in the Central District of California in a similar suit. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter granted a motion filed by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to dismiss the administration's lawsuit for California's voter rolls.

"The foundation upon which American democracy has been built is the right to vote. Brave Americans have given their lives for more than two hundred years to protect this right," Carter wrote. "Now it seems the Executive Branch of the United States government wants to abridge the right of many Americans to cast their ballots."

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