Kent Morse via Lodis Dinwiddie 5 mins · The one paragraph order, supported by a majority of the court, vacated the Monday ruling by an appeals Court, pending further proceedings by the Supreme Court. On Monday, an Appeals Court said, Wisconsin’s voter ID law is constitutional. Justice Alito, joined by Scalia and Thomas dissented, though, even they had to concede the majority had a point because of “the proximity of the upcoming election.” Still, the dissenting three expressed concern “that absentee ballots have been sent out without any notation that proof of photo identification must be submitted.”, This means that Wisconsin’s voter ID law will not be in effect for this election. Democracy declared checkmate over the blatant attempt to rig the election by Wisconsin Republicans. But the good news gets sweeter because on Thursday evening, a Federal Court in Texas ruled that state’s “voter ID” law unconstitutional. The Court holds that S.B. 14 creates an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, has an impermissible discriminatory effect against Hispanics and African-Americans, and was imposed with an unconstitutional discriminatory purpose,” “The Court further holds that SB 14 constitutes an unconstitutional poll tax. Wendy Davis, the Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas applauded the news in a statement.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:30:37 +0000
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