Posted on 08/30/2012 10:41:22 AM PDT by unlearner
A federal court on Thursday blocked a controversial new voter ID law in Texas, ruling that the state failed to show that the law would not harm the voting rights of minorities.
The three-judge panel in the historic case said that evidence also showed that costs of obtaining a voter ID would fall most heavily on poor African Americans and Hispanics in Texas.
Evidence submitted by Texas to prove that its law did not discriminate was “unpersuasive, invalid, or both,” wrote David. S. Tatel, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in the panel’s 56-page opinion.
The ruling will likely have political implications in the coming elections...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Gun ownership and voting are both rights. One you must show ID, background check and some states limit the type of guns available nationally that I can buy. Any gun available for purchase must meet stringent federal and state laws before it is allowed on the market. Voting on the other hand means a Hispanic man can show up as Martha Steinberg, cast his vote for a candidate that does not meet the definition of Natural Born Citizen (both parents US citizen and born in US). Makes me wonder why establishment wants more foreigners and loosen the standard for candidates to include sub foreign ones? Maybe the one percent of our nation realize they can no longer rely and control the 99 percent in this country and need foreign reinforcements to stay in power.
...My question then would be:
.. why not just ignore the "ruling",...order the Texas ID law valid in Texas and dare the Feds to enforce the ruling by force.
Seriously, what would the feds do? Would they provoke a "war" with Texas?..try to capture Greg Abbott & Gov Perry?
I want the confrontation....I would risk jail to have the confrontation as a sovereign citizen of the State of Texas...
You should look at Romney’s record of appointing judges and the board who recommended judges in Mass. before calling this bull.
RATS depend on voter fraud.
This will be decided at the Supreme court....not that that would change anything with John Roberts there!
“I simply cannot say what I think should happen with these judges and their ilk. All I can say is that if it happens, I’d dance a jig....”
Better still find out where they are buried and go piss on their graves.
http://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/texas-voter-id.pdf
Bless you: Too many pages for me!
Lots of words means little thought in rulings.
2 noxious Dem judges and a Bush judge who has always been liberal.
A question to anyone well versed in the Constitution.
How come the question of Texas voting law is decided by a Federal Court? Isn’t the way a the elections are organized in the different states state issues?
The President is not elected in a direct election but by electors from the different states. Isn’t it up to each and every state to decide how the electors are chosen?
Well, I was being polite, of course....However, I think that urine has better uses than wasting it on the grave of a liberal.
Don’t worry. The Texas AG IS raging and will be appealing this stupid, politically-motivated decision to the Supreme Court, which has found other similar laws perfectly constitutional.
Unfortunately, the effects of this decision probably won’t be stopped by November 6.
They're apparently not eating anything either, as the rationale was about "cost."
I say we ALL go to the voting booth without ID’s. In protest!
I don't think so, but a stay may be issued on the Commie Court's decision.
God Bless the Lone Star State.
One of the things that true Patriots need to do is get involved as poll watchers with TrueTheVote. It’s appalling what corruption this organization has uncovered.
Here's some more background on the infamous Section 5:
In 1982, Congress extended Section 5 for 25 years, but no new Section 5 coverage formula was adopted. It did, however, modify the procedure for a jurisdiction to terminate coverage under the special provisions.
In 2006, Congress extended the requirements Section 5 for an additional 25 years.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/sec_5/about.php
The pubbies were too scared of the racist tag back in 2006 to kill the law when they had a chance so this is where we are today at the mercy of the Obama/Holder Justice Dept.
“You should look at Romney’s record of appointing judges and the board who recommended judges in Mass. before calling this bull.”
It was the People’s Republic of Massivetwoshits. Who do you think controlled things there? Saying this shit about Romney is like blaming a running back for getting his uniform dirty. It’s to be filed under DUHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Amazing!
And thanks for the reply.
I've long said the requirements for buying and owning a gun should be as stringent as those for voting.
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