Posted on 04/28/2008 7:15:07 AM PDT by 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.
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Still, 3 justices think requiring photo ID is a bad idea. Unbelievable. We’ve got to do everything we can to make sure we don’t end up with even more of these loons on the court.
I've read where Ginsburg would have resigned in 2004 if Kerry had somehow won, and you have to think Breyer or Souter may be holding out for a dim POTUS as well.
Which is actually funny in Souter's case because he was nominated by RR.
But for as big of a RINO as McCain is, he has pledged to appoint judges who are strict constitutionalists, and we need some with those qualifications to replace the likes of Ginsburg, who is a srict liberalist (just made that up, no copyright)
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. "8 USC 1101 note" was never fully implemented. It is also worth noting that Ed Meese calls it a mistake and that the process was riddled with fraud. The USG estimated one million would apply and the real number turned out to be 3 million. Currently, the USG estimates that there are 12 million illegals
A little reading comprehension goes a long way. In my post I said it was defeated. In other words, it was a legislative victory for conservatives and others opposed to immigration "reform." I said that our republican form of government worked as designed, which it did, yet conservatives like you still whine.
And if/when it passes, you will say that our republican form of government worked. I guess anything that passes is vindication of the system for you. Did McCain-Feingold demonstrate that our republican form of government worked? Your reasoning is specious to say the least.
That immigration "reform" was defeated with a Republican in the White House and Republicans in larger numbers in Congress than would be the case under a President Obama or a President H. Clinton. To be blunt, conservatives would still have some influence if Republicans do better than predicted this fall. .
The bill was defeated despite having a Pro-amnesty President in the WH. If McCain is elected it will signal to the many RINOs in Congress, especially the Senate that there is no political price to pay for supporting amnesty. Many of the RINOs who voted against cloture in 2007, voted for amnesty in the 2006 bill. I spoke personally to Tom Coburn about his support of McCain and the possibility of amnesty. He said that he would fight McCain "tooth and nail" if he tried to get an amnesty. I responded that is well and good but the Dems control Congress and many Reps will go along to get along with McCain.
If we have a President Obama or President H. Clinton and huge Dem margins in Congress, nobody is going to listen to us.
If you mean by "us" conservatives, the same holds true with McCain. A McCain victory marginalizes the conservative influence in the GOP and will move the party further to the Left. The lesson is that you can win with a coalition of moderate Reps, independents, and conservative Dems.
Oh, puhleeese. Don't make yourself out to be a clueless moron. Conservatives across the country vigorously agitated against immigration "reform" using the wide range of ways citizens have at their disposal to influence legislation -- from calling in to talk radio, to emails, phone calls and letters to their congress critters, to blogs and opinion pieces, to posting on web forums such as FR.
What did you do personally, bub? Are you one of those keyboard commandos who like to claim credit for the sunrise? I have spent many hours and money trying to stop amnesty, which will destroy this country. Are you involved in any grassroots level organizations? I am. What have you done at the state and local level? I have attended hearings and lobbied the state legislature to pass bills? I have supported local candidates supporting my position handing out literature door to door. I have attended town meetings confronting elected officials about their stance on manesty and immigration. And I have been doing it prior to these bills being introduced in the Senate. That's what I meant by a mouse in your pocket, you moron.
Those bills included fines and other provisions that put at least nominal strings on a "path" to citizenship. The Marxist Democrats that would sweep into office with Obama or Clinton wouldn't even do that much. Most of them want to erase all borders.
You can't be that clueless. The 1986 Reagan amnesty bill actually contained many of the same provisions and was actually more retrictive on who could apply for amnesty, e.g., you had to have entered the United States before January 1, 1982. The 2006 Senate bill required just 2 years and the 2007 bill, McCain-Kennedy, required presence in the US before January 1, 2007. The bills are getting less restrictive.
Obama and Hillary and McCain signed the 2006 Secure Fence Act. They all pay lip service to securing the border and getting to the back of the line when it comes to citizenship. Obama and Hillary voted for the amnesty bills McCain had a major role in writing. If you think that a Hillary/Obama amnesty would be any different than a McCain bill, you are buying the McCain spin. You are talking thru your hat.
Poll: Voters Unaware of Candidates’ Immigration Positions McCain Supporters Farthest Off the Mark
Mark my words. If Obama or Clinton are elected and they bring large numbers of congressional Dems with them into office, 100% of the things conservatives have been striving for will be either be dead or undone.
McCain is a breathtakingly flawed Republican candidate, but as much as it pains me to say so, he is all we have standing between us and our first genuine Marxist government.
McCain voted FOR Alito. And Roberts. And Clarence Thomas. Obama voted against them, as did Hillary.
Anyone but Obama or Hillary. Anyone.
The western front has moved to Phoenix where Sheriff Joe is the American commander.
I’ve never seen a picture of her with her eyes open. Usually she’s fast asleep at the bench. Old fool.
Agreed. Stevens is as old a dirt (even though he went the right way on this one), and Ginsberg is just holding on for a dem president. I think it's likely both of them will retire, either voluntarily or through God's will, in the next four years.
Demonrats hardest hit!
This may go off track, but fingerprints are the next step to 666 stamped on foreheads or hands... I’d rather bring my ss card, my birth certificate and a proof of residence each time than submit myself to that. I don’t even like the fact that the government uses social security numbers the way they do. This whole situation is scary, once I start to think at the implications.
"Alito and Roberts were both chosen by President Bush"
Alito and Roberts were Bush's SECOND choice after Harriet Miers. What else do you need to know?
I find this interesting:
“...the fact that the State has not come across a single instance of in-person voter impersonation fraud in all of Indiana’s history.”
One reason given by Justice Souter is the burden of the trip to the office to get an ID, if the person does not have transportation. He said that the absentee ballot doesn't cover it, though, because the person can't get help unless he goes to the polls. So if he can get to the polls, why can't he get an ID?
I'm curious about what people think this decision will do, though. They evidently couldn't produce evidence that there's impersonation of voters going on...so how does the ID requirement stop anything? That is, what's the fraud that's actually going on--and how would requiring ID stop it?
Alito and Roberts were both appointed by President Bush. It was a good decision. Get over it.
You scare me!
Um...why not just have them vote under their own names?
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