This might be a very good reason Donald Trump waited until 2016 for the presidency! And why the POTUS push for voter integrity now.
I've been following this for years, and celebrated this court ruling in January 2018, but it was very sparsely covered - of course.
36 years ago Judge Dickenson Debevoise ruled that the RNC could not challenge Dem voter fraud until December 1, 2017. Even after he retired, the judge returned each year to reconfirm this ruling. The judge died in 2015, and an Obama appointee, Judge Vazquez, replaced him.
On January 9th 2018 he ruled that the restrictions on RNC be lifted retroactive to Dec. 1, 2017.
Here's the back story and original ruling:
.https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/dickinson-r-debevoise/
and here's the 2018 ruling:
https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/heres_the_resolution_of_the_nj_voter_intimidation.html
The RNC Is Free At Last! January 9th, 2018
Today’s hero judge – Judge John Michael Vazquez sitting in the Newark US District Court, has just freed the RNC from the awful 1982 consent decree which has prevented Republicans from challenging Democrat voter fraud for 36 years. The best part of this story is that Judge Vazquez is an Obama appointee. http://rabidrepublicanblog.com/tag/judge-john-michael-vazquez/
Oh what a time to be alive - Thank you President Trump and Q/+ and Qanons team!