Following the district court in DC’s rejection of the government’s request for a stay of its decision in LWV v DHS, which ordered the administration to end and disentangle a massive government database that consolidates millions of Americans’ sensitive personal information and threatens the voting rights of eligible voters, CREW President and CEO Donald K. Sherman issued the following statement: 

“As the DC District Court vividly illustrated today, the government has not only ‘mischaracterized’ the court’s reasoning in seeking to block its decision, but the entire situation is entirely ‘self-inflicted,’ and its litigation tactics ‘make a mockery of separation of powers.’ The order vacating the illegal modifications to SAVE remains, and we expect that the government will comply with its legal obligations under that order. We look forward to continuing to vigorously defend our clients’, their members’ and the American people’s rights.”

CREW is co-counsel for the plaintiffs in LWV v. DHS.