A Ninth Circuit panel grilled Justice Department lawyers over forcing California to set aside mail-in ballots tied to suspected noncitizens.

A three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals panel expressed significant skepticism Sunday over the Justice Department’s desire to inject itself into California’s midterm vote-counting process by forcing election officials to set aside the votes of suspected noncitizens who have been issued mail ballots.

The administration asked a federal judge to require the state to withhold counting those ballots until the voters’ immigration status could be verified. The district judge scheduled a hearing for Oct. 27, days after the case was assigned, but the federal government appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking an expedited decision.

The Ninth Circuit of Appeals held an emergency teleconference hearing on Sunday after the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal in the California mail ballot case. During the hearing, Circuit Judge Mark Bennett said California

President Donald Trump heads to Mississippi today to rally for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as she seeks to fend off Democrat Scott Colom.

A panel of federal appellate judges on Sunday questioned the timing, constitutionality and authority of the Justice Department’s demand that California election officials set aside thousands of mail b

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Election personnel concerned directive to ‘quickly’ verify 20,000 ballots could disenfranchise citizens