Calls for a Clinton-appointed “activist judge” to be removed rang out after he used a federal law to justify blocking a state from requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
As Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) effectively sat on his hands regarding the SAVE America Act, Democrats claimed ad nauseam that no new law is required to prevent noncitizens from voting. Tuesday, a federal judge in Ohio disabused that narrative when he used the National Voter Registration Act to block a motor voter law requiring proof of citizenship.
Signed into law in March 2025 by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), House Bill 54 amended the voter statute to require an acceptable form of proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote when prompted at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. In a 54-page order, U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. of the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division sided with the plaintiffs who argued the documentation exceeded the “minimum amount of information necessary,” given alternative registration methods simply require an attestation under threat of perjury.
“To interpret this section of the NVRA otherwise would allow States to make registering to vote at the BMV more onerous, and could result in fewer voter registrations because the opportunity to apply was not proactively offered to otherwise eligible citizens,” insisted Oliver, prompting reactions like that of Florida’s Voice’s Eric Daugherty asserting, “HE’S WAY OUT OF LINE!”
🚨 BREAKING — JUDGE BETRAYS AMERICA: Activist Judge District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. has hereby BLOCKED Ohio’s proof-of-citizenship to register to vote law, effective immediately for the 2026 midterms
HE’S WAY OUT OF LINE!
Bring this to SCOTUS!
Every state needs proof of… pic.twitter.com/oOdgIFaV7G
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 25, 2026
Just as the myriad other legal battles pitting globalist activists against efforts at preserving national sovereignty worked their way up through the courts, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) promised a prompt appeal of the ruling.
Sharing a press release with an example of a lawful permanent resident illegally voting in 2018, ultimately found not guilty by reason of entrapment as the BMV employee told her to register, LaRose stated, “If you don’t prove your citizenship status, which is required by law to receive a state ID or driver license in Ohio, the Ohio BMV should not ask if you want to register to vote. Period. This is common sense to everyone except activist plaintiffs and a DC lawyer who want to uproot Ohio’s strong voter registration system.”
The secretary also assured, “I will vigorously defend our legal authority to safeguard our voter rolls and protect the integrity of Ohio’s elections.”
If you don’t prove your citizenship status, which is required by law to receive a state ID or driver license in Ohio, the Ohio BMV should not ask if you want to register to vote. Period.
This is common sense to everyone except activist plaintiffs and a DC lawyer who want to… pic.twitter.com/7coNVNYJ8z
— Frank LaRose (@FrankLaRose) August 25, 2026
Tuesday’s ruling from Oliver came one day after the Supreme Court stayed a lower court’s injunction allowing the U.S. Postal Service to adhere to President Donald Trump’s executive order to verify who receives distributed mail-in ballots amid the ongoing appeals process.
The federal judge’s order marked just the latest instance of judges appearing to work against the interest of the United States, begging the question, “Who is going to step forward to reign [sic] in the judicial tyranny going on in our country?”
Who is going to step forward to reign in the judicial tyranny going on in our country? Unelected activists in robes are subverting the will of the electorate. If the end result is civil war, the judiciary will be the first held to account by the armed masses.
— David (@David18767400) August 25, 2026
There’s no such thing as an activist judge…. He’s an activist pretending to be a judge. See a real judge follows and obeys the rule of law. That’s a REAL judge. This is an activist wearing a judge costume and everyone’s just ok with that.
— -7- (@Alpha_Space007) August 25, 2026
Any activist jurist should be impeached and disbarred. Their job is to enforce the US Constitution as it was written, not how they think it should have been written.
— Pamela Lockie (@PamPac14) August 25, 2026
Remove these political activists from the bench and disbar them if they even have a legitimate law license. These are not judges. They are a political weapons used by Dems to prevent America First legislation from being implemented. Disgusting Dems want illegals on the rolls.
— DeepDrop (@DeepDrop9) August 25, 2026
He didn’t judge; he made a selfish rebellious decision, ignoring common sense.
— Patrick-abeliever (@PasqualetoPat) August 25, 2026
To paraphrase Justice Barrett… “he decries an Imperial Executive while acting as an Imperial Justice “
— Jo Coutts (@coutts_jo) August 25, 2026
— Carly (@CarlyWSF) August 25, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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