[Mr Rogers]

Justice Samuel Alito spoke for many of his colleagues, wondering how they should rule in the absence of any clear evidence supporting either side. "The problem I have is, where do you draw the line?" he said. "There is nothing to quantify the extent of the problem or the extent of the burden."

Isn't that the wrong question for a court to decide? The Court should be deciding if there is anything in the Constitution prohibiting legislatures from determining what they must do to prevent fraud. Agreeing with the legislature's decision shouldn't be a part of their inquiry.

Oh well, I can dream.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“Isn’t that the wrong question for a court to decide? The Court should be deciding if there is anything in the Constitution prohibiting legislatures from determining what they must do to prevent fraud. Agreeing with the legislature’s decision shouldn’t be a part of their inquiry.”

It’s still TBD whether we got 2 male Miers for the price of 1.

Only time will tell.

[GATOR NAVY]

Isn't that the wrong question for a court to decide? The Court should be deciding if there is anything in the Constitution prohibiting legislatures from determining what they must do to prevent fraud.

There's only one justice who is probably looking at this case with that in mind, and he wasn't quoted in this article.

[The Pack Knight]

From what little I've heard, it almost sounds like the issue is standing on the part of the plaintiffs. I don't think they've even made any specific allegations as to any "indigents" being unable to vote because they couldn't obtain an ID.

They might not even be looking at the case on its merits, though it could be I've heard wrong.

[bert]

.....The Court should be deciding if there is anything in the Constitution prohibiting legislatures from determining what they must do to prevent fraud.....

While that is a rational thought, Justice Alito was referring to the fact that in the case before the court there were no voters that were actually prevented from voting for lack of ID. There was no voter with standing as part of the complaint.

That is my understanding from news reports.

I am not a lawyer and haven’t played one on TV

[Redbob]

""There is nothing to quantify the extent of the problem or the extent of the burden."

Isn't that the wrong question for a court to decide? The Court should be deciding if there is anything in the Constitution prohibiting legislatures from determining what they must do to prevent fraud.

Bingo!

But then, you didn't really expect a Bush appointee to be a true conservative did you?