Posted on 01/23/2017 10:21:25 AM PST by ColdOne
The Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court’s ruling striking down a Texas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, effectively killing one of the strictest such laws in the nation.
The law, passed in 2011, required voters to show one of seven acceptable forms of photo identification at the polls, including a driver’s license, a passport, a permit to carry a concealed handgun or an election identification certificate. Voters could only obtain an election identification certificate, a form of identification provided to those who don't have a license, if they provided a copy of their birth certificate.
Any voter without an identification would have been allowed to cast a provisional ballot, which would have counted only if they showed an identification at a county office within six days after an election.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
On CT we have to show ID to vote. How can anyone claim it’s unConstitutional if at least one state is doing it?
No, not a win.
A lower court struck down the law and the USSC will not review it.
It is?
Sounds like a loss to me.
Here are the nuances that frame the case and leave the Left worrying greatly about the ultimate outcome:
If the courts ultimately conclude that Texas DID NOT act with discriminatory intent, they cannot make a case to place Texas under the same kind of supervision that the Supreme Court eliminated in its 2013 decision striking down part of the Voting Rights Act.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote “We acknowledge that the record establishes that the vast majority of eligible voters possess SB 14 ID, and we do not disturb SB 14’s effect on those voters” the court writes,” adding that “those who have SB 14 ID must show it to vote.”
The Fifth Circuit instructs the lower court that the eventual “remedy must be tailored to rectify only the discriminatory effect on those voters who do not have SB 14 ID or are unable to reasonably obtain such identification.” (One possible solution is that the remedy could match the same one handed down by a Wisconsin federal judge in a similar case on Tuesday.)
In other words, Texas will likely add a provision for non-SB 14 ID Holders to easily obtain an SB 14 ID at zero expense and little effort. They will likely waive birth certificate fees and maybe they will add an SB 14 application at DMVs and Social Services offices.
Once TX lawmakers amend the law, they will once again present their case to the lower federal court.
I think Texas wins.
One of the litmus test questions Trump needs to ask prospective SC picks should be this very issue—Voter ID and vote integrity generally.
Also: does the 14th Amendment require “birthright” citizenship?
Also: how far can the Commerce Clause be stretched in order to expand the federal behemoth?
Failure by the Court to take up this matter leaves it ripe for a conflicting decision in another jurisdiction. It is no win, but it is the best outcome when there is a deadlocked court. One more conservative justice will be a start.
Sam Clements once said, “I have never wished another man’s death, but I have read more than one obituary with relish.”
So one single lower court hack “judge” decides to overrule a legal bill passed by a state legislature (the peoples representatives) and the Supreme Court decides not to accept an appeal?
Texas should proceed with enacting the id requirement and completely ignore the hack judge. Let him send in an army if he doesn’t like it.
SCREW THIS JUDGE put it on a ballot for the people to vote on!!!!
Enabling vote fraud.
Wait until Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is confirmed, then re-enact substantially the same law and take it back up the ladder.
Trump needs to start filling these courts NOW and not stop until EVERY DAMNED slot is filled!!!!
Require ONLY AMERICAN IDENTIFICATION to vote. No Matricula Consular crap. Only Texas Drivers' License or ID card, with proof of US birth. Double down. DARE the Federal Courts to strike it down. By then, we will have the TRUMP COURT, and this kind of namby-pamby protect-the-illegals junk will be HISTORY.
The majority of the people here in this country want voter ID. This does not matter to egotistical Supreme Court Justices who buy the mantra that it affects minorities more. It affects all people equality. To say any other is just nonsense. Keep in mind that only the democrats are resistant. Philadelphia and most of the metropolitan areas are mostly democrat. Any wonder why the democrats do not want it? It is these metropolitan areas where most of the voter fraud occurs.
Follow the Socialists: Change a single word\reword a sentence, pass it and re-start the clock.
Rinse, lather, repeat
Reply 24 from freeper Hostage makes a case... (or I could just be wrong...)
Here are the nuances that frame the case and leave the Left worrying greatly about the ultimate outcome:
If the courts ultimately conclude that Texas DID NOT act with discriminatory intent, they cannot make a case to place Texas under the same kind of supervision that the Supreme Court eliminated in its 2013 decision striking down part of the Voting Rights Act.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals wrote “We acknowledge that the record establishes that the vast majority of eligible voters possess SB 14 ID, and we do not disturb SB 14’s effect on those voters” the court writes,” adding that “those who have SB 14 ID must show it to vote.”
The Fifth Circuit instructs the lower court that the eventual “remedy must be tailored to rectify only the discriminatory effect on those voters who do not have SB 14 ID or are unable to reasonably obtain such identification.” (One possible solution is that the remedy could match the same one handed down by a Wisconsin federal judge in a similar case on Tuesday.)
In other words, Texas will likely add a provision for non-SB 14 ID Holders to easily obtain an SB 14 ID at zero expense and little effort. They will likely waive birth certificate fees and maybe they will add an SB 14 application at DMVs and Social Services offices.
Once TX lawmakers amend the law, they will once again present their case to the lower federal court.
I think Texas wins.
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