[jeffc]

Ok, great, if what he says is true. But how do we know states will use their form over the federal form (gathering dust in the back room, like he says)? What’s to stop libs from starting all over and suing states to force them to use the federal form ? What’s to stop lib 501c3’s or 4’s from handing out federal forms 3 or 4 days before an election and telling people to use them over state forms?

[jazusamo]

As I see it there’s nothing to stop a state from using the fed form and I’d bet some blue states will or at least some dyed-in-the-wool areas of some blue states will.

On the other hand red states or red areas in all states are not required to use the fed form.

I think it’s a win, as Adams has stated.

[Still Thinking]

Are the states required to accept the federal form at all? The decision may just say that if they accept it, they may not require proof of citizenship, not that they must accept it.

[BuckeyeTexan]

It doesn't matter if the left distributes federal forms, the state can put them in limbo.

After the decision today, states have a green light to do double- and triple-checking even if a registrant uses the federal form. The Left wanted the submission of a federal form to mean automatic no-questions-asked registration. This is a big loss for the Left because now states can put suspect forms in limbo while they run checks against non-citizen databases and jury-response forms. Another significant victory in today’s decision. The Left wanted to strip them of that double-checking power.

[CA Conservative]

But how do we know states will use their form over the federal form (gathering dust in the back room, like he says)?

Some states will use state forms, others will use federal - it is up to the state.

What’s to stop libs from starting all over and suing states to force them to use the federal form ?

In part, this case will prevent the libs from suing to force states to use the federal form. The opinion made it clear that states can use their own forms that comport with their own registration laws - but if someone uses the federal form, the state must accept it and cannot add their own requirements to the federal form. They can however ask the feds to add the state requirements to the forms used in their state, and according to Scalia, may even be able to sue to force the Feds to do so, since they have already done so for other states.