FBI Director Kash Patel said bureau agents arrested a Wisconsin county judge for allegedly helping a man evade immigration agents, highlighting the Trump administration’s dangerous push to prosecute officials who resist deportation efforts.

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Friday, April 25

Courts handed Trump a slew of legal losses this week

- Conservative and liberal judges across the country this week ruled ([link removed] ) against President Donald Trump in at least 10 different lawsuits challenging his administration’s immigration, elections and anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

FBI arrests judge alleging she obstructed deportation operation

- FBI Director Kash Patel said bureau agents arrested ([link removed] ) a Wisconsin county judge for allegedly helping a man evade immigration agents, highlighting the Trump administration’s dangerous push to prosecute officials who resist deportation efforts.

Trump administration dismantles protections against law enforcement abuses

- Among his many anti-democratic actions, Trump has also rolled back efforts to track ([link removed] ) law enforcement abuses, and frozen the DOJ's police misconduct investigations, Democracy Docket contributor Jessica Pishko writes.

Will the Supreme Court gut the VRA?

- This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the future of Louisiana's congressional map — and potentially of the Voting Rights Act. Here's ([link removed] ) what you should know.

North Carolina Republicans’ election board power grab

- Earlier this week, a three-judge panel in a North Carolina court blocked ([link removed] ) a Republican scheme to gain power over the state’s election board.

- GOP legislators appealed the decision. Allowing the law to go into effect would empower the state’s auditor, a Republican, to replace the board’s members May 1. That could give Republicans an advantage in the ongoing legal fight over last year’s state Supreme Court race.

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