Posted on 10/18/2014 6:52:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The Supreme Court will allow Texas to use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election, the court said Saturday morning, despite a lower court’s ruling that the law unfairly targets minorities.
By a 6-3 vote, the majority of justices rejected emergency appeals from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots in the state.
“The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters,” Ginsburg wrote.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader dissented.
The law was initially struck down by a federal judge last week, who said the “alleged goal of preventing voter fraud does not outweigh the discriminatory effect on the poor, African-Americans and Hispanics.”
But the 5th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals reinstated the law for the upcoming election on the grounds that such a drastic change so close to Election Day would be too disruptive.
Early voting in Texas begins Monday.
nope
The left will continue to fight it tooth and nail. Only “our side” gives up and calls something “settled law”.
Wow, Stephen Breyer went along with the majority.
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Funny how the liberal hack didn’t mention that. She also includes quotes from the dissenters, but none from the majority.
That makes NO SENSE. It's non-sense.
I read somewhere that the gas to get to the DL office was a poll tax.
It’s difficult for the left. Their tray of the Scales of Justice is always empty so they fill it with fictional and/or imaginary concepts.
This is not a competition between voting integrity and discrimination, because there is no discrimination except in the minds of The Witches of East Potomac Swamp.
It all depends on whether Mummy put his Superman sheets on his bed the night before.
“The Democratic Presidential Convention requires photo I.D.s. Can’t they just take peoples word for it?”
I think we should organize a protest against the democratic convention protesting requiring photo ID to participate
...despite a lower court’s ruling that the law unfairly targets minorities....
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Well, it does target a minority, since having to produce ID incoveniences the minority that vote multiple times.
“So is this precedent now?”
All should carefully note that what SCOTUS ruled is that the law CAN be implemented in this election.
The Injustice Dept. and several leftists groups sought an emergency hearing and ruling after TX appealed the lower court decision. The lower court said the law CANNOT be implemented in this election. The groups wanted SCOTUS to confirm the lower court.
Instead, SCOTUS voided that decision and said the election could proceed under the TX law because it was too late to change it right before the election.
So, this isn’t precedent on the merits of the case for/against TX voter ID.
Think of it more as a technical ruling as opposed to a substantive ruling.
So is this precedent now?”
I’m amending my first comment to you.
All should carefully note that what SCOTUS ruled is that the law CAN be implemented in this election.
The Injustice Dept. and several leftists groups sought an emergency hearing and ruling after an appeals court overturned a federal judge who had ruled the law cannot be implemented, period. The appeals court said it is too late to suddenly block implementation this close to the election.
So, this isn’t precedent on the merits of the case for/against TX voter ID.
Think of it more as a technical ruling as opposed to a substantive ruling.
(What I got wrong in my first comment was that SCOTUS was overturning a lower court.
No, it upheld the appeals court, which has overturned the ruling of a single federal district judge.)
I wanted to vote early today, but there was already a line out the door. I have to be at work at 1PM, and stopped by the voting place after buying a battery for my pickup.
Thoughts for you at this time. ((((hugs))))
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