[hinckley buzzard]

If you can require a picture ID to buy booze or to drive a car why not to vote. That is why this issue is purely political and not constitutional. The SC should never have taken the case, but let the appellate ruling stand.

[Ken522]

So voters have to prove their identity ... what is so controversial about that?

[therut]

If I have to show an ID and pass a background check to buy a firearms at an FFL then what is the big deal about this? One a guaranteed enumerated RIGHT and the other a qusi-right by statue not Constitutional. Our USSC has really screwed up this country over the years.

[facedown]

The abiding question at the end: can a decision be written that does not itself sound like a political, rather than a judicial, tract?

No, because it is a political matter.

[thecodont]

This article posting is a reply to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2162695/posts?q=1&;page=1 . See my post (#42).

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Let's try to get inside the mind of the SCOTUS as it's operating right now. What's grabbing their attention?

SCOTUSblog.com has decided to hear Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita as consolidated cases. These cases concern voter ID guidelines and voting rights.

Take a look at how the Justices are split on this issue.

I'll post this as a separate article ("The Partisan Elephant in the Room") because I think it has a bearing on the fortunes of the BO natural-born qualification cases currently before SCOTUS.

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[nbhunt]

TOUGH? FOR WHO? What, pray tell, is so friggin tough about that? It will be tough to vote 2-3 times,WITH A BIG MAYBE. Tough for illegals, but for NORMAL LEGAL cititizens, a drop in the bucket. Come off of it Justices, give us a friggin break. Utterly amazing how VERY VERY STUPID THESE Justices can be.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Someone needs to explain to me how ANYONE can consider proving you are who you claim to be is a hinderance to voting suprsses legit voting or in any manner is a violation of a CITIZENS rights.
I don’t want some dirtbag that ACORN signed up registering as me and casting a fraudulent vote that disqualifies my legit vote.

[NinoFan]

This is over a year old. The Court issued its ruling in April 2008.