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Posted on 01/31/2026 2:55:54 PM PST by lowbridge
A federal judge on Friday struck down key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening citizenship verification for voter registration and absentee ballot applications, ruling the White House overstepped its constitutional authority.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said the Constitution gives states and Congress, not the president, the power to set rules for federal elections.
Kollar-Kotelly blocked provisions in the executive order that would have required documentary proof of American citizenship on federal voter registration and absentee ballot forms.
"The Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures," Kollar-Kotelly wrote, permanently enjoining the administration from implementing the challenged provisions of the order.
Trump signed the order, titled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections," on March 25.
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Constitutionally, it is actually correct.
The states own the elections, not the President.
We need Congress to act. They have their limitations as well, but it needs to be that this guy puts the heat on so that those guys act, which puts the heat on so that those other guys act.
Everybody loves the 10th amendment. Until they hate the 10th amendment.
That didn’t seem to matter much in 2020 when lawfare lawyers and courts were rewriting State laws that had been dutifully passed by the legislatures of said states and signed into law by governors. If it didn’t fit the democrat’s needs, they just blew them off and federal judges allowed it.
I guess it’s only constitutional when the democrats need for it to be.
My understanding is that federal elections, while administered by the states, require citizenship. States can alllow noncitizen voters in state and local elections, I believe. The rub comes with where the lines of regulation and enforcement are drawn. Hopefulllybinwill learn more of this.
It matters. I’ll give you an example.
Obamacare. How many times have you seen republicans push a repeal bill, again and again and again? Never.
Now, we see how the progressives do it. They offer a bill, and if it fails. What do they do? Do it again. It fails the second time. What do they do? Do it again. Oh look see it passed the third time. The progressives will do it a dozen times if they have to until they get the desired result.
So the 2020 laws, have you seen your state pass that same law again?
Why have they not done it again? Why have they not done it a third time? Fourth time?
And if the federal judges overturned it, how come our Republicans are so afraid to impeach some judges acting unconstitutionally?
Ultimately it all comes back to us, the voters. We aren’t asking for impeached judges. We aren’t asking for the laws to be passed NINE TIMES; if that is what it needs to be. TWENTY times.
When the federal judge overturned a good law, unconstitutionally, we didn’t have a 50,000 man on the street or 100,000 man on the street protest on the street in front of the federal court house, the site of the unconstitutional judge.
That’s because we failed. We, the voters, failed. There’s really no way to be getting around this problem of apathy that we are mired in.
We need our guys to wake up. The republic cannot survive high levels of apathy.
We say we want it? Yeah, well, show me the pictures. Oh, no pictures. Then there isn’t proof that we wanted it after all.
There is some of that.
It should be noted, only portions of the executive order were overturned.
The ones that were not overturned, are likely in reference to federal elections as you mentioned.
I will say I do not like any of this. However I do not want to see elections nationalized. Nothing could be more evil than the nationalization of our elections.
Actually , the nationalization of police as in the UK would be very evil.
Even Mexico has voter ID.
I am often shown those cards by Mexican drivers.
It is a photo ID with full name and address.
“The states own the elections, not the President.”
That’s the way I read it also, mostly. Per the Constitution, the state legislature passes election laws before elections. Those laws are not always followed, which violates the US Constitution.
TO BUY ALCOHOL ONE MUST HAVE PROOF OF AGE..TO VOTE ONE MUST BE 18 BUT NO PROOF OF AGE OR CITIZENSHIP IS NECESSARY...
“Why have they not done it again? Why have they not done it a third time? Fourth time?”
Look at their campaign contributions from the big health insurance companies, big Pharma, and Big Hospital. Obamacare has been a financial windfall for big donors to the GOP.
The states own the elections, not the President.
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Do we really believe that the Feds are not interested in “state” elections? What of cases where supposed discrimination occurs? Do the other states have to stand by and let some states allow non-US citizens to vote? This is a recipe for no-confidence in our government (and the longing for any means to negate it). We’re on very unstable footing.
Her again.
The Constitution gives the President the right to protect our country from invasion.
SOMALIA technically has a voter card.
Heck, even war torn Iraq managed to secure their elections using ink.
Democrats want the fraud. I know for fact non citizens vote here. I use to get ballots for them at the office.
How about restrict EVERY Federal dollar to any state that allows voting without showing proof of citizenship?
PERIOD, no exceptions!!
Off topic.....
I just got a tax form from obamacare and it showed I had full subsidies all last year. I haven’t signed up for it and do the medishare through church. Another big giant government scam. I’m not looking forward to this fight. I’m still trying to fight the IRS over a mystery $6000 they said I owed.
Where are the Rump judges. Just over turn it.
Ok.
So then why do they keep getting re-elected? Isn’t it something like 79% of everybody incumbent gets re-elected?
That’s apathy.
We could have “term limits” every election. Forever. Because the voters did it - however that would require voters who aren’t asleep. We have very sleepy voters.
The thing of it is, none of these things are secrets anymore. But it keeps happening. It’s an indictment of the voters themselves that it keeps happening. We don’t have a monoculture liberal media anymore like the days of Walter Cronkite. Sure its imbalanced, but it is open for voters who care to be educated.
Republicans hold office. Democrats wield power. It is simple as that.
What if we on the right did to these despicable “judges” what Antifa and Co. are doing to the ICE agents. Hassle them day and night, blow whistles, horns, invade their courtrooms, yell stupid slogans... in other words, get in their faces with “peaceful protests”?
The sad thing is, we are incapable of doing that.
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