THE LOWDOWN:
In yet another unsurprising move, a liberal district court judge blocked President Donald Trump from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly made the ruling on Thursday in a 120-page opinion, accusing President Trump of “short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order.”
Sen. Tom Cotton called on the Supreme Court to intervene while blasting “far too many” district court judges putting the “Resistance” above their constitutional duties.
Rep. Darrell Issa told the Reporter that these “rogue rulings are not technical disagreements on law or precedent.”
In yet another unsurprising move, a liberal district court judge blocked President Donald Trump from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly made the ruling on Thursday in a 120-page opinion, accusing President Trump of “short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order” — something former President Joe Biden attempted to do with his failed student loan forgiveness plan.
The decision by Kollar-Kotelly, the 82-year-old D.C. judge who sentenced pro-life activists to prison under the FACE Act, was promptly blasted by congressional Republicans. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) told the Washington Reporter that the Supreme Court needs to step in and rectify the situation.
“For far too many district court judges, being in the Resistance is a higher priority than following the law,” Cotton said. “The Supreme Court should step in to end this unconstitutional attack on President Trump lawfully carrying out the agenda that voters elected him to do.”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.), a top Republican on the Judiciary Committee and a seasoned legislator, told the Reporter that these “rogue rulings are not technical disagreements on law or precedent.”
“This is the rise of the resistance in robes targeting President Trump with blatantly unconstitutional overreach,” he added. The House recently passed Issa’s No Rogue Rulings Act — a bill that could rectify situations like this, if it becomes law.
Kollar-Kotelly’s decision comes amid a larger push by the Trump administration and Republicans to secure U.S. elections.
With four years of a wide-open southern border, concerns about illegal immigrants or even international adversaries voting in U.S. elections reached a fever pitch.
The issue was a key driver for the GOP’s historic win in November, and the House is already making moves on the issue by passing legislation to codify an identification requirement for registering to vote.