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Federal court rejects Texas voter ID law
Houston Chronicle ^ | August 30, 2012 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/30/2012 9:29:18 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin

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To: Arec Barrwin
... the law imposes "strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor"

"You come in here with a skull full of mush, and
you leave with a larger skull full of even more mush."

41 posted on 08/30/2012 10:16:54 AM PDT by Hunton Peck (Life, liberty, property, and the means to defend them.)
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To: Persevero

Can’t remove the fed judges except by impeachment. If we could vote them out, the country would look significantly different today.


42 posted on 08/30/2012 10:17:13 AM PDT by DaveInDallas
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To: Persevero
Didn’t they get rid of some judges in Idaho that ruled for homo “marriage?”

That's Iowa. And those judges were defeated at the ballot box, not by impeachment. There is not the political will or the votes necessary to remove judges for their absurd and stupid rulings. It's just not going to happen, at least not anytime in the next several generations.

44 posted on 08/30/2012 10:21:08 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: apillar
it’s Texas. No amount of voter fraud in the world would result in an Obama win there...

"Lucky" Lyndon Johnson "won" a disputed Texas Senate race thanks to a fire ... the bulding holding the ballots burned down.

45 posted on 08/30/2012 10:22:11 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Arec Barrwin
the law imposes "strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor" and noted that racial minorities in Texas are more likely to live in poverty.

regardless of the state in which they reside, if the poor are receiving public assistance they have to have an ID. Why is that ID requirement not an unforgiving burden thus any different with respect to being a burden when requiring a voter ID? We all know the answer, VOTE FRAUD. The judges ruling defies logic so I presume they got the word from the WH and Chicago to rule against the law or else.

46 posted on 08/30/2012 10:22:22 AM PDT by drypowder
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To: Arec Barrwin

Hell, Texas should follow the Obama lead. Just say screw it. We will do whatever we decide and you can take us to court...britches.


47 posted on 08/30/2012 10:23:06 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost; stanz
Yes, and Gov. Perry should say “FU” to the Federal 0bamabots and remind them of that, as well as the SCOTUS set precedence by upholding VOTER ID.

Yes! Whatever it takes... this Obama-bot mandate cannot stand this November!

48 posted on 08/30/2012 10:24:25 AM PDT by nutmeg (I'm with Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz: "ABO"/Ryan 2012)
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To: Arec Barrwin

Apparently I’m stupid. Everytime I vote in Tennessee I am asked for my ID. Why can’t they do that in Texas?


49 posted on 08/30/2012 10:26:48 AM PDT by animal172 (Go Paul Ryan. Chew 'em up and spit 'em out.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

It is time for Texas to start ignoring the courts.


50 posted on 08/30/2012 10:34:12 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Bikkuri
Votes are state control, aren’t they? Doesn’t that give the Federal Govt. NO legal right to mess with voting in states?

It still doesn't matter who votes...just who COUNTS the votes. Remember Chicago, Daley and the Kennedy election? Or the latest Minnesota congressional? Trunks full of "Properly cast" votes are sitting in every one of the 57 states. God save the Republic!

51 posted on 08/30/2012 10:40:10 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: animal172
Everytime I vote in Tennessee I am asked for my ID.

Same here in Virginia.

52 posted on 08/30/2012 10:40:34 AM PDT by Steve0113 (Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -A.L.)
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To: Revel

“It is time for Texas to start ignoring the courts.”

So true. Its time for a governor to step up and tell these Federal judges that they have no jurisdiction over a sovereign state. The Constitution is very clear that only SCOTUS has jurisdiction over a state. The Supremes have already ruled that the voter ID is constitutional anyway.


53 posted on 08/30/2012 10:42:07 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Sequoyah101
Voting is a states rights issue. Only the 15th, 19th and 24th Amendments specify voting requisites.

Except in a few Southern States. The have law that applies only to them, and I don't know if it has had a court test, but I know they keep the South in line with it.

54 posted on 08/30/2012 10:55:58 AM PDT by itsahoot (Write in Palin in 2012, Just to pi$$ off the Romulins)
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To: OldNavyVet
"Lucky" Lyndon Johnson "won"

Lucky knew how to remove obstacles for sure.

55 posted on 08/30/2012 11:12:35 AM PDT by itsahoot (Write in Palin in 2012, Just to pi$$ off the Romulins)
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To: In Maryland
I guess the ACLU flew dozens of poor people to D.C. to testify they would be unable to meet the burden of obtaining an ID.
Why not just take them to the DMV? It would cost less.
56 posted on 08/30/2012 11:15:17 AM PDT by jimmango
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To: NormsRevenge

re - title change - I’ve been pondering if both decisions were released to the friends in the press ahead of time, and the idiots published the wrong one the other day.


57 posted on 08/30/2012 11:47:15 AM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: Longbow1969
It won't happen because we don't do it more often. They feel insulated from the masses and can ignore us with impunity.

Not sure about you, but I've just about had it with "entitlement" mentalities no matter which end of Society it comes from.

58 posted on 08/30/2012 12:05:44 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Arec Barrwin

FEDERAL COURT REJECTS TX VOTER ID LAW

Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement on the court’s ruling:

“The court’s decision today and the decision earlier this week on the Texas redistricting plans not only reaffirm – but help protect – the vital role the Voting Rights Act plays in our society to ensure that every American has the right to vote and to have that vote counted.

http://radio.foxnews.com/2012/08/30/federal-court-rejects-tx-voter-id-law/


59 posted on 08/30/2012 2:11:03 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: FreeReign

60 posted on 08/30/2012 2:14:42 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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