In a series of legal defeats, several federal judges have dismissed multiple lawsuits filed by the Trump administration and the Justice Department seeking access to voter data from various states, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The DOJ has now lost five consecutive cases regarding voter roll access, with judges consistently rejecting their claims as lacking factual basis and describing the attempts as ‘fishing expeditions.’ In Rhode Island, the courts have repeatedly rebuffed efforts to obtain sensitive voter information, while New Hampshire and Vermont have also pushed back against these lawsuits, arguing that the DOJ has not provided sufficient justification for its requests. This string of rulings highlights ongoing tensions between state and federal authorities over access to voter information.