Obama-appointed judge dismisses challenge to D.C. law allowing noncitizens to vote

An Obama-appointed judge has tossed out a lawsuit challenging a Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections. Filed by the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) on behalf of seven D.C. residents, the suit alleged that the D.C. Noncitizen Voting Act passed in 2022 dilutes the votes of actual citizens. “Because it does so, the D.C. Noncitizen Voting Act is subject to review under both the equal protection and the substantive due process components of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,”...