A judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to require proof of citizenship to vote
A judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to require proof of citizenship to vote in U.S. elections.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a 120-page decision that the administration’s efforts are an attempt to “short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order.” She said that Trump’s alleged effort to “regulate federal elections” exceeds his own authority.
“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections,” she wrote. “No statutory delegation of authority to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order.
