Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
A federal judge dismissed the DOJ's attempt to obtain Michigan voter data, marking another judicial rejection of the administration's election-related information requests. This continues a pattern of courts blocking DOJ efforts to access voter records.
Track whether DOJ appeals this decision or shifts tactics to other states—the pattern of requests matters more than individual rejections.
This is a judicial CHECK on executive overreach, not constitutional damage—the system worked. The DOJ's attempt was blocked, preventing harm rather than causing it. The event scores higher as distraction (B=28) because it generates headlines about election integrity concerns while actually demonstrating judicial independence, and occurs amid more substantive policy changes like the EPA endangerment finding revocation.