That judicial statement of the obvious from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a ruling by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which said the Department of Homeland Security committed no big foul in using a site editable by anyone with a computer to decide the fate of a woman named Lamilem Badasa.

Every Tuesday, his day off, Ted Johnson sets out to recover $350 he sent the federal government in February, money that never reached its intended recipient. Every Tuesday, he comes up $350 short. At first, the 40-year-old maintenance man just wanted his money back. Then he decided he’d fight on out of principle.