{"id":1982270,"date":"2023-07-25T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawyers-fire-back-as-doj-gets-involved-in-florida-voting-rights-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:22:51","slug":"florida-lawyers-fire-back-as-doj-gets-involved-in-florida-voting-rights-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawyers-fire-back-as-doj-gets-involved-in-florida-voting-rights-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawyers respond as DOJ intervenes in voting rights lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-lawyers-fire-back-as-doj-gets-involved-in-florida-voting-rights-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Federal Judge Denies Attempts to \u200dKeep Justice Department Out of Florida Voting Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> has\u200c denied\u200b attempts by \u2063Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd \u200band other Florida \u2064election supervisors to prevent the Justice \u200cDepartment from getting involved in a lawsuit concerning the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-paul-speaks-out-on-alleged-voting-irregularities-in-2020-election\/\" title=\"Sen. Paul speaks out on alleged voting irregularities in 2020 election\">voting laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Judge Allen Winsor in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida\u2062 ruled against \u2063the defendants&#8217; \u2062motion to dismiss a &#8220;statement of interest&#8221; by the DOJ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, \u2064Judge Winsor \u2063has \u200ballowed the defendants to respond to the statement of interest by July\u200d 29, offering them an opportunity to present their arguments. \u2063This decision came as an alternative to\u2064 striking the DOJ&#8217;s statement \u200dof interest, as proposed \u2064by\u200d the lawyers representing Byrd and the other parties\u2064 involved.<\/p>\n<p>In their motion to strike the DOJ&#8217;s filing, the defendants argued that the DOJ does not have the right to intervene in the case, regardless of its interests.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Neither the\u200c local rules nor Section 517 permits the United States to do whatever it believes &#8216;the interests \u2064of the United States&#8217; require. It cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheldon-whitehouse-invited-three-dark-money-critics-to-testify-to-congress-they-all-take-dark-money\/\" title=\"Sheldon Whitehouse Invited Three Dark Money Critics To Testify to Congress. They All Take Dark Money.\">file briefs<\/a> or motions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/menendez-received-thousands-of-dollars-in-wedding-gifts-from-scandal-linked-friends\/\" title=\"Menendez Received Thousands of Dollars in Wedding Gifts From Scandal-Linked Friends\">introduce evidence<\/a>, examine witnesses, or initiate appeals \u2062whenever it pleases \u2013\u2063 no matter what &#8216;the interests of the United States&#8217; dictate. Under its authority to ensure an \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-lawyers-fire-back-as-doj-gets-involved-in-florida-voting-rights-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Florida lawyers respond as DOJ intervenes in voting rights lawsuit.\">orderly proceeding conducted<\/a> in compliance\u200d with the rules, this Court should strike the\u2064 filing,&#8221; the filing from the defendants stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit, brought by Vote.org, the Florida Alliance \u200cfor Retired Americans, and \u2062Florida State Conference of\u2064 Branches and Youth Units \u2063of the NAACP, aims\u2064 to challenge the requirement for certain \u200dindividuals to \u200cphysically sign their name with a pen on paper when registering to vote in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants are seeking to have\u200b the case dismissed on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction and failure to\u200b state a claim in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal judge denies Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd and election supervisors&#8217; attempt to block Justice Department involvement in voting laws lawsuit. 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