Here are 4 things you may not have noticed, but these short items are important:
- Judicial Activist: Prohibits Trump from Requiring Proof of Citizenship
President Donald Trump can’t require voters to provide proof of citizenship; a federal judge ruled on October 31.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1997, said in an order that U.S. Election Assistance Commission officials are prohibited from updating the federal voter registration form to require proof of U.S. citizenship.
Multiple groups, including the Democratic National Committee, as well as Democrats in Congress such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed suits.
- Federal Judge Smacks Down Another Biden-Era Rule
U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. ruled in favor of 15 states that sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a Biden-era rule change to Title IX protections.
Joe Biden’s HHS infamously expanded Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination to include “gender identity.” That move forced healthcare providers to perform gender-bending procedures.
Guirola noted that when Congress enacted Title IX back in 1972, it based sex on biology: “Therefore the court finds that HHS exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender-identity discrimination.”
While the rule change was put forward in May 2024, and the Trump administration noted it would not enforce it, Guirola reasoned that the “threat of enforcement and legal action is real” and the suit would “provide much-needed clarity.”
- Court: Election Integrity Defeat
A California appeals court struck down Huntington Beach’s voter ID requirement for municipal elections.
The ruling that said voter ID was legal reverses a lower court decision and prohibits the city from enforcing its voter ID law.
- Radicals Take Over Pennsylvania in Supreme Court
Under the radar, three Democratic radicals won the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. If they lost two it would have thrown the court balance to the Republicans.