Tim Donaghy on the USSC - - Not too much of a stretch
Posted on 06/17/2013 11:12:19 AM PDT by lbryce
Arizona may not require documentary proof of citizenship from prospective voters, the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-to-2 decision on Monday.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, No. 12-71, said a federal law requiring states to “accept and use” a federal form displaced an Arizona law.
The federal law, the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, allows voters to register using a federal form that asks, “Are you a citizen of the United States?” Prospective voters must check a box for yes or no, and they must sign the form, swearing under the penalty of perjury that they are citizens.
The state law, by contrast, required prospective voters to prove that they were citizens by providing copies of or information concerning various documents, including birth certificates, passports, naturalization papers or Arizona driver’s licenses, which are available only to people who are in the state lawfully.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Well this vote was 7 to 2. How in the same hell do you find five people that stupid? I can see one or two slipping through, but they’ve fixed it so we have a majority, and can only get two votes on easy calls.
Simply amazing...
As for Roberts, I’m not even sure he has any anymore.
The Supreme Court should now be called the Sondergerichte.
After taking power in 1933, the Nazis quickly moved to remove internal opposition to the Nazi regime in Germany. The legal system became one of many tools for this aim and the Nazis gradually supplanted the normal justice system with political courts with wide ranging powers. The function of the special courts was to intimidate the German public, but as they expanded their scope and took over roles previously done by ordinary courts such as Amtsgerichte this function became diluted.
In my county in New York State, you have to sign your name in the registration book when you vote. If people in the State of Arizona don’t have to prove they are citizens to vote, why should I have to provide my signature in order to vote?
” The progressives hold four seats at the bench, and the shameful Pirate Roberts’ balls.”
Yep
digraceful and treasonous. the FIX is in on everything. of course those elites, including those in the black robes that voted in favor of this, don’t have to worry as the rest of us do. they have their wealth and will be shielded from the crumbs the rest of us be will fighting over.
However! You will still be required to show an I.D. to buy smokes or Grab Some Buds! The morons infesting this country have their priorities all screwed up.
The states need to do what they want and dare the feds to stop them. I think states should start deportations on their own or banded together. Set up a chain of custody handing illegal over to the next state with a handling fee. When they get to Texas, Texas kicks their illegal butts over the border.
Texas would get the largest cut of the handling fee
Is there any other country in the world that allows such?
The Just-Us-Eses on the USSC continue to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt they are about protecting the ruling elite and not the Constitution.
It is not their job to interpret the Constitution! It is written in English (albeit old English) and even comes with an Owner’s Manual known as the Federalist Papers.
It is obvious beyond any shadow of a doubt our nation’s Lie schools (like Harvard Lie School) have been cranking out Liars left and right to the point that a limited government is only a fond memory and the ruling elite have put on the bench at the USSC some of the countries mental midgets masquerading as judges.
Even though this was a 7-2, look at the history of the USSC and you will find there are mostly 5-4 decisions. How can the brightest people get it so wrong so much of the time? The Constitution is a small document.
Before public schools removed the knowledge, we knew the reason for this country was to have a government OF the people because King, Dictators had proven disastrous. Yet somehow in today’s world we have lying progressives (in both parties) creating more government every day with more and more laws and regulations to limit our freedom.
Read Thomas’ dissent.
Majority Opinion, Thomas’ dissent, Alito’s dissent:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-71_7l48.pdf
My thinking entirely.
But, given that our side lost, I think throwing some of the SOBs into the hoosegow would be a good idea.
The article is misleading.
The ruling was that a state cannot require PROOF of citizenship as part of processing voter registration for national elections, because CONGRESS passed a law dictating how voter registration is done, and the implementation of that law is a form that does not include a line requiring evidence for citizenship. You just sign under penalty of law that you are a citizen.
The state is free to, with probable cause, investigate if a registrant is a citizen, and if not, prosecute them for lying on the form.
Also, this doesn’t cover requiring ID to actually VOTE. It covers registration.
And lastly, the state can ask the voter board to include a requirement, and in some states they do — except right now the board has no members, because Obama has failed to appoint anybody.
They seem to have gotten it right, under constitutional review. You may not like the law, but they didn’t pass the law, Congress did.
And the constitution clearly gives congress the right to regulate federal elections, which includes deciding HOW people get registered to vote, if congress so chooses, which they did.
We need to petition congress to add a verification for citizenship — good luck getting it through now though.
Scalia wrote the majority opinion.
SCALIA wrote the opinion for the majority????
We ARE doomed!!
Tim Donaghy on the USSC - - Not too much of a stretch
Not so Fast....
This was ruled on narrow grounds and is NOT an overturning of Arizona law....
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner
I had to refresh my memory as to who he was and I looked at Wiki. In reading this sentence, ....”and had been approached by low-level mob associates...”, my first thought was the IRS excuse of “low-level IRS associates”. Just substitute Mob for IRS.
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