Democrat judge restricted Republicans from certain poll watching activities

Democrat judge restricted Republicans from certain poll watching activities for over 35 years, without enacting the same restrictions for Democrats
Democrats had been renewing the injunction for decades.

A New Jersey judge restricted the Republican National Committee’s ability to conduct “ballot security” operations, including coordinated poll watching and voter eligibility challenges, citing voter suppression and intimidation.

However, Democrats didn't have the same restrictions placed on them.
Conservatives argued this consent decree, imposed after a 1981 Democratic lawsuit, was another example of how democrats weaponized national elections by limiting GOP oversight in polling places, especially in Democrat strongholds.

After his death, the case was sent to John Michael Vazquez (appointed by Obama)
When Democrats petitioned him to renew, he said he didn't find 'sufficient evidence' of violations by the 

Republicans asking,
“Where is the evidence that there [was] suppression going on on Election Day, and then a reasonable inference that the RNC was involved?”

Judge Vazquez allowed it to expire at the end of 2017.
Republicans said the 2020 election was the first time in almost 4 decades where the national party could freely deploy trained poll watchers without prior court approval.