Anything that benefits the Left
Posted on 12/17/2020 10:41:53 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
We'll likely have to carry around papers to show we were vaccinated in order to live, even unfreely with masks, in this society, but illegal aliens can vote. That is the upshot of the latest insidious Supreme Court decision to allow lower courts to shred all voter verification processes in election law.
For the past few weeks, we've been told "states' rights" force us to pursue a "live and let live" policy toward state governors who violate the state's election law to weaken voter integrity laws. However, this principle is evidently a one-way street and doesn't apply to governors who want to follow, not break, state voter integrity laws. Then, the federal courts have every right to get involved and nullify those laws, and the Supreme Court doesn't seem to be concerned about the 10th Amendment and Art. I Sec. 4, which dictate that state legislatures prescribe the "Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections."
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Kansas' request (in Schwab v. Fish) to hear an appeal from the 10th Circuit, which ruled earlier this year that the state could not require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Amid a trend of states seizing boundless powers to crush the lives and liberty of citizens under the guise of coronavirus, evidently anyone can get standing to sue and block a state from merely ensuring non-citizens don't vote.
In 2011, the duly elected Kansas legislature passed a law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Non-citizen voting is increasingly becoming a problem as the immigrant population grows and immigrants are automatically asked to register to vote when they obtain driver's licenses. In many states, there is automatic voter registration of anyone on record as having a driver's license, which includes legal immigrants in all states and illegal immigrants in some states. Just days after long lines were seen of illegal aliens registering for driver's licenses in New York beginning last December, the state Senate passed a law to enact automatic voter registration. This will help get illegal aliens on the voter rolls as well. Almost all of the 15 states that grant licenses to illegal aliens also have automatic voter registration.
There are already numerous questions of non-citizens voting in this election, including in states where the outcome hinged on razor-thin margins. The Nevada GOP is alleging, based on subpoenaed DMV data, that "6,260 non-citizens were registered to vote and 3,987 non-citizens had voted" in this past election.
There is no greater state interest in enacting legislation than keeping the franchise in the hands of the citizenry. The Kansas law passed in 2011 by 111-11 in the House of Representatives and 36-3 in the Senate, with more than 70% of Democrats supporting it. Yet the same federal courts that believe we should butt out of the business of states that violate their own election laws to weaken verification suddenly have no problem intervening and nullifying state laws that strengthen voter verification.
In April, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reiterated a lower court ruling that somehow asking for proof of citizenship violates the phantom Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and that the state interest does "not justify the burden imposed on the right to vote." Shockingly, the two judges (the third passed away) concocted their own law that states must first "show that a substantial number of noncitizens registered to vote" before enacting such measures.
So, while we are forced to show proof of citizenship to get a license and for many other public and private functions, states cannot require anyone to show papers to register to vote. I'm sure these same courts won't find any 14th Amendment issues when states inevitably pass "show your papers" requirements for individuals to prove they were vaccinated before they can obtain basic services or even employment.
But SCOTUS has no problem denying a State who wanted to be sure that anyone registering to vote was in fact a citizen.
This is crazy unconstitutional. I don’t know what to say.
Maybe packing the court won’t be so bad after all- what else would they do- screw us hard-working Americans anymore?
It’s just peachy for a state to run bogus voting machines, improper ballots, etc. etc. That’s aOK with the SCOTUS, but God forbid IF they try to ensure the voters are, in fact,....a legitimate citizen?
Bottom line: They suck.
You can cheat in a national election and no one can complain because states can do whatever they want when they have an election. SCOTUS says that stuff is none of their business.
Also, if a state tries too hard to have honest elections, SCOTUS will quickly squash such efforts because we have a national mandate not to disenfranchise people.
Lastly: Let the Democrats win. They are like Wookies, and they will rip your arm off if you don’t let them win.
This is crazy unconstitutional.
Our institutions have failed us. Period. The “elites” in every institution, public and private, are committed to getting rid of Trump. Nothing else matters.
The dismantling of America continues - and we’re doing it to ourselves, or at least liberal mania is.
Government of The Government, By The Government And For The Government.
I guess this is acceptable to all, right?
following up on this absolutely worthless Supreme Court,
since it won’t prevent aliens from voting in our USA elections,
the DNC will ship millions of ballots to Iran and the Fake Estonian squatters in Israel and Communist China and Communist Cuba and communistic Venezuela
and they can all vote in our American elections now!
if not over the internet, then I am confident SorozNazi will send jet planes to pick up all the enemy ballots back to, say Philadelphia, Detroit, and Atlanta
Based upon the SCOTUS ruling in Kansas, could the following scenario happen in the USA:
Let us assume a Canadian citizen, who is a resident in Toronto, registers to vote as a Democrat in the State of California.
That Canadian uses his cousin’s address, who lives in San Francisco, when he registers to vote as a Democrat.
Soon after the Canadian gets registered, he changes his voter registration address to Toronto, Canada and gets a mail-in ballot sent to him.
Do the States have procedures in place that would prevent such voter fraud?
I thought the New Rule was that the State would just thumb its nose at the Robes and do what it wants.
Kansas should just forge ahead like someone farted.
John “Epstein Island” Roberts is compromised. Read this mornings Lin Wood twitter on SC Roberts and Breyer
Just do it anyway! And keep doing it despite court rulings.
7/9ths of scotus need to be removed immediately
the judicial branch of govt is failing to do its job
SC tells Texas the SC can’t interfere in state issues- THEN the SC turns around and interferes in Kansas issues- in favour of liberals of course-
Ok. The soapbox didn’t work. The ballot box didn’t work. The jury box didn’t work. Are there any boxes left?
Great, SCOTUS and some other court have ruled. Now let them enforce their rulings.
States need to wake up more than the people do.
Does anyone know how each justice voted?
my neighbor says
Ammunition boxes?
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