Miles Parks

So that is what I cannot let go of this week.

Have you decided whether you're doing it or whether this is a sign you shouldn't do it?

I will say, Sam, as a radio professional, it is very important to keep your ears, everything all good there.

So please get on this regardless of what you choose, okay?

Aye, aye.

That's all for today.

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Our editor is Rachel Bay.

Special thanks also to Dana Farrington.

I'm Myles Parks.

I cover voting.

I'm Sam Greenglass.

I cover Congress.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

In lawsuits targeting election data in close to two dozen states, all states President Trump lost in 2020, the Justice Department argued it needs the data to make sure states are following federal election laws.

But the federal government has never had access to it before.

And federal privacy laws are strict on how such data can be gathered.

In dismissing the lawsuit, Judge David O. Carter wrote that the government's request is, quote, unprecedented and illegal.

And in a related case this week, a judge in Oregon also indicated he was tentatively planning to dismiss a DOJ suit there.