A federal judge just blocked President Donald Trump's order requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship on voter registration forms. 

Breitbart News reports that U.S. District Judge Collen Kollar-Kotelly, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, did so on Friday.

It is likely, though, that this case is far from over.

🚨 BREAKING: In an infuriating move, an activist judge BLOCKS President Trump from ensuring citizenship to vote in federal elections.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has decided Trump CANNOT have the states require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration.

She believes… pic.twitter.com/RFVNV2EzoN

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 31, 2025

Background

This all has to do with an executive order that President Trump signed back in March 2025. The White House's fact sheet on the order can be found here.

It, in part, states:

This Order strengthens voter citizenship verification and bans foreign nationals from interfering in U.S. elections. The Election Assistance Commission will require documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration forms.

There is a lot more to the order, but, in general, it is designed to secure federal elections. It is an issue that Trump has vowed to work on.

As would be expected, leftist groups immediately challenged the order in court. This is how the case made it before Judge Kollar-Kotelly.

Now, the Clinton-appointed judge is trying to claim that Trump's order is unconstitutional.

The ruling

The Washington Examiner quotes straight from Kollar-Kotelly's ruling.

The judge wrote:

The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures. Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes.

Suffice it to say that the Trump administration disagrees, and it has already indicated that it will appeal Kollar-Kotelly's ruling.

The Examiner reports:

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson signaled that the current administration will appeal the ruling to a higher court.

“President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to ensure only American citizens are casting ballots in American elections. This is so commonsense that only the Democrat Party would file a lawsuit against it. We expect to be vindicated by a higher court,” Jackson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.

We will have to see how things go at the next level of the judiciary. It is very possible that this case can end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, at some point.