Judge Boasberg sides against Trump administration over 20,000 ‘likely noncitizen’ voters in California

California officials got a boost from a Washington, D.C., judge in their fight against the Trump administration over 20,000 “likely noncitizen” voters.

The administration has tried to use the power of the courts to compel California to segregate ballots of people on a list it compiled of possible noncitizen voters.

‘If I’m hearing that the list is flawed and it’s overinclusive and includes individuals who are eligible to vote, that’s a problem.’

Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., James Boasberg said Monday that California should determine how to run its own elections.

“The Executive Branch has likely violated the Constitution’s Elections Clause, which commits authority over election rules to the states and Congress alone,” Boasberg wrote in the ruling Monday. “California may decide for itself