Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana

AP ^ | Apr 28 | MARK SHERMAN

[Aristotelian]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights. The decision validates Republican-inspired voter ID laws.

The court vote 6-3 to uphold Indiana's strict photo ID requirement. Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.

[Aristotelian]

Common sense prevails.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

I’m waiting for the NY Times to write:

Women and minorities hardest hit...

[rwlawrence]

It negates the lefts contention that the poor and minorities are too stupid to know how to obtain an ID. This could be the end of the Democrats best strategy”Vote early and vote often”

[NordP]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME TO CA AND MAKE PHOTO ID’s A MUST HERE...WE’RE BEING INVADED!!!

[Menehune56]

I’m afraid it might be too late.

[Between the Lines]

Good news!

[SoFloFreeper]

Now is the time to put this ruling into effect in every single state—Republicans of all stripes, from conservatives to RINOs can certainly agree on that.

Stick it to ‘em, folks: the SCOTUS has given us the green light to REQUIRE IDENTIFICATION for voters.

Nice job, SCOTUS.

[Abathar]

I was just talking to my mother who is working on our primary election at the county building when I saw this headline. She is working in “the dungeon” of the building matching all the registered voters and weeding out the dead and moved people off of the rolls.

She announced it right then to all the election workers and I heard all the cheers in the background, this is VERY good news for Indiana and the rest of the nation!!

[IGOTMINE]

I can’t wait to read the dissenting opinions.

[Haddit]

Illegal voters, the majority here in L.A., won’t let it happen.

[Tulane]

YES!!!!

Say what you want about Bush, but he has appointed 2 very good justices to the bench. I realize the vote was 6-3, but Roberts and Alito have been on the correct side most of the time...

[MrB]

Oh, it’s so expository that the left are the ones that are fighting to make sure we can’t verify that a voter is a valid voter...

obviously, they benefit from NOT identifying the voter.

And why is this? duh.

[Sybeck1]

Mississippi dropped this as a dead issue this year. What will this mean to that?

[kublia khan]

And the choirs of heaven said Hallelujah and Amen!
Let the Chicago IL precinct of Baltimore MD be permitted to vote no longer!

[tennteacher]

Great news. This requirement should be replicated in every state.

[Abathar]

"And just what are you trying to insinuate?"

[ConservaTexan]

Democrats and civil rights groups say the law would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots.

I had to show photo ID to participate in the DEMOCRAT caucus (operation chaos) here in Texas. I protested but was told that if I didn't show ID I would have to leave.

[kc8ukw]

Woot! Someone call the Missouri legislature and tell them to try again.

[Bush_Democrat]

Say what you want about Bush, but he has appointed 2 very good justices to the bench. I realize the vote was 6-3, but Roberts and Alito have been on the correct side most of the time...

You are absolutely correct!. Can you imagine the justices that Gore or Kerry would have appointed? That's why I'm keeping my 'broken-glass Republican' status and will hold my nose and vote for McCain in November. If we can get two more justices appointed, we just might be able to turn this country back from the liberal edge.

[pillut48]

"I’m waiting for the NY Times to write:

Women and minorities hardest hit..."

...and felons...and dead people...and illegal immigrants...

[RexFamilia]

I wonder who are the three dissenters; maybe Scalia, Alito and Roberts.

[MBB1984]

It was a 6-3 decision, with even Stevens agreeing and apparently writing the decision. I understand Scalia wanted even a broader ruling in favor of documentation, God bless him.

[MBB1984]

No, Ginsburg, Beyer, and Warren Rudman’s appointee, Souter.

[tcrlaf]

Good....
Now this can be used as the standard template across the nation.

As Indianapolis’s 2007 Mayoral Election proves.
VOTER ID WORKS!!!

[Prokopton]

That's why I'm keeping my 'broken-glass Republican' status and will hold my nose and vote for McCain in November. If we can get two more justices appointed, we just might be able to turn this country back from the liberal edge.

McCain? Conservative SCOTUS justices? Approved by his liberal Democrat buddies? Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha............

[Sgt_Schultze]

Bloomberg has more.

[theDentist]

Looks like the libs will be buying Tums for breakfast.

[livius]

All right! I’m really glad to hear this. All over the country, the Dems are dragging out winos from the local hobo jungle and giving the identities of long-dead grannies. Not to mention the many vacant lots all over the US that are casting a Dem vote every election.

[sitetest]

“Supreme Court rules 6 - 3.”

Ya gotta wonder about the three.

[blam]

Just another mean-spirited plan to intimidate potential Black voters.

[MBB1984]

Warren Rudman is a close adviser to McCain and he gave us Souter. That is all you really need to know about McCain appointees. If that fails to convince anyone, they should review the “Gang of Fourteen” fiasco.

[RexFamilia]

As soon as I hit send, I realized should have included /SARC.
I had assumed Ginsburg, Beyer and Kennedy

[Vaduz]

That is why we have special order 40 I guess.

[tcrlaf]

“Not to mention the many vacant lots all over the US that are casting a Dem vote every election.”

All of those empty lots vote by “Absentee” Ballot now.

It’s a loophole so big you can drive a Democrat Election Van through...

[PurpleMan]

Nope.

Women and minorities AND illegal aliens hardest hit...

[Bush_Democrat]

McCain? Conservative SCOTUS justices? Approved by his liberal Democrat buddies? Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha............

I agree, definitely they wouldn't be conservative in the Scalia sense, however they will be MUCH MORE conservative than any justice appointed by either Hillary or Obama. All other nonsence aside, one of these three will be the next president, so I like my chances with a SCOTUS pick or two from McCain, instead of Hillary appointing the 'bent one'

[sr4402]

What did Indiana do differently so that the ID law was approved??

[The South Texan]

The editorial intelligentsia across the nation is going to have a collective cow.

GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[livius]

That’s very true. We have the technology to match up addresses with valid, inhabited addresses, and I think this is one thing that should be employed. In certain wasteland cities such as Detroit, with multiple winos and crackheads registered to the same non-existent address, the vacant lot vote could be pretty significant.

[Paleo Conservative]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME TO CA AND MAKE PHOTO ID’s A MUST HERE...WE’RE BEING INVADED!!!

Do you think this one's good enough?

[kabar]

McCain=Amnesty=Destruction of this country as we know it. If amnesty passes, it won’t matter who is appointed to the SCOTUS.

[JRochelle]

LOL!

[c-b 1]

A similar law was passed in Arizona a few years ago, it probably helped in some areas. The voter fraud is ongoing, the left was committing voter fraud with early ballots, long before the law was passed.

[deport]

I would prefer that all states go to the Photo ID requirement.

States That Request Photo ID
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
South Dakota
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legismgt/elect/taskfc/voteridreq.htm

[4yearlurker]

Can someone tell me why it's so hard for “women and minorities” to obtain a photo ID? Even if one has no drivers license you can still get a photo ID through the state. Oh wait,that would take initiative,money,and proper birth certificate.

Never mind!

[goodnesswins]

Mail In ballots is the Dems new strategy....don’t need no steenken picture ID with those!

[Lancey Howard]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COME TO CA AND MAKE PHOTO ID’s A MUST HERE...WE’RE BEING INVADED!!!

Sorry, but the state has to do that on its own, and that's not going to happen. It's way too late. If I was you, I'd pack up and run away from that place asap. Don't be "the last white farmer in Zimbabwe".

FRegards,
LH

[MBB1984]

Interestingly, I believe Thomas, Alito and Scalia wrote concurring opinions, but did not join in with the majority opinion.

[michigander]

I can’t wait to read the dissenting opinions.

Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. (.PDF file)

[Condor51]

Here you all go, more info on the 6-3 breakdown.

Writing the court's lead opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said states have a ``valid interest in protecting the integrity and reliability of the electoral process.''

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito joined Stevens in the majority. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and Stephen Breyer dissented.

The RATS will go apoplectic. This opens the door for Photo ID laws in every state :-)

(This isn't up yet on the SCOTUS website.)