Texas voter ID law struck down

Washington Post ^ | August 30, 2012 | Sari Horwitz and Del Quentin Wilber

[supermop]

Judge Tatel is a Chicago person, and a former Civil Rights Lawyer at DOJ. What else do you need to know to why he voted to overturn the law. CHICAGO!

[Ingtar]

Who controlled the judge appointments? Romney. The panel who nominated the judges is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. There was a lot more choice available to him in judges and other actions that his cheerleaders blame on the nature of the state. Of course, if he wins, he is again heading into a place where the prevailing culture is liberal. We should expect him to be different?

[jessduntno]

“Of course, if he wins, he is again heading into a place where the prevailing culture is liberal.”

You are looking at the wrong polls, my man....and the R’s will hold at least two thirds of the branches (and possibly all three) with a SCOTUS majority.

Nice talking to you.

[Ingtar]

Yes, the GOP will hold the House and Senate. This still does not change the prevailing culture. Do you really think enough good people are running to push out McConnell and Boehner? Both of them are part of the problem. I cannot say that I trust Romney to get us to a SCOTUS majority either.

[jessduntno]

OK. I get it. You hate Romney. But it doesn’t change the facts and makes your crystal ball VERY cloudy. And if you can’t stick to the truth and deal with the facts, don’t bother engaging.

[napscoordinator]

You can’t help yourself. You love is way beyond the Romney fans. You do know he is married. Sometimes I worry about you Romney lovers. You guys are way to much in his butt to really comment truthfully about the liberal.

[jessduntno]

Heh heh heh ... nice talk Nappy.

[Vision]

Being a minority doesn’t entitle you to cheat.

Appeal and remove the judge if possible.

[backwoods-engineer]

Get used to another 4 years (at least) of them. Romney put liberal judges in Mass. He loves them the most.

Two words: "advice" and "consent". The US Senate is a check on the President's judicial nominees. And unlike Massachusetts, the US Senate contains conservatives. Conservatives will run committees in the Senate, if we win it.

Here are some more words, from Article III of our Constitution:

"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."

"Congress" not the President. If Congress wants to take out a left-wing Federal judge, all they gotta do is close his Court, and establish a new one. Newt Gingrich proposed to do this.

[BlatherNaut]

"Second, every one of Governor Romney’s judicial nominees has to be approved by the “Governor’s Council”, a popularly-elected, eight member board that is dominated by Democrats (as is most of Massachusetts state government). Imagine a situation where the President of the United States had to run all of his judicial nominees by a Senate that contained 85% Democrats–most of them of the radical sort. That would change the picture a bit, wouldn’t it? I think the best way to think of Governor Romney’s track record in nominating judges is that he did the best that he could have done."

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/12/30/don%e2%80%99t-believe-misleading-attacks-on-romneys-abortion-record/

[jessduntno]

Ingtar is another Romney hater who wants Zero TO SERVE for FOUR MORE YEARS.

[driftless2]

Then every function requiring an ID has to be struck down. Because you cannot prove a negative, you cannot prove other ID laws or requirements will not “hurt” minorities.

[Ingtar]

During last night’s Republican presidential primary debate, Mitt Romney blamed an obscure pre-colonial body – the Massachusetts Governor’s Council – for his failure to appoint more conservative judges when he was governor.
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The council is not known to vet judicial candidates based on party affiliation. At most, and especially more recently, members ask about political donations in hopes of preventing patronage. In addition, the council seldom rejected applicants during Romney’s tenure.
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Romney’s first chief legal council, Daniel B. Winslow, who served from 2002 to 2004, established a non-partisan process for vetting judges through the Judicial Nominating Commission that was touted as a national model, because the primary application was judged blindly. That meant name, race, gender, and party affiliation, were not known during the initial review. Party affiliation was never a consideration, he said.
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Now, the fact that there was little Conservative talent to appoint might have been a factor, but partisanship was not. In addition, since the members serve at the pleasure of the Governor, had they opposed on partisan grounds, he would have been able to remove them.

[Ingtar]

Hate? No. He seems a decent enough fellow to have a cup of coffee with. I would not trust him out of my sight with my credit card or my country, but I have no reason to hate the man.

[jessduntno]

Heh heh heh ... but you would not vote for him either, would you?

[Ancesthntr]

How the he## do these poor, disenfranchised minorities apply for welfare without a photo ID?

How do they cash their welfare checks without ID? Either they have to go to a check-cashing place, which WILL check ID, or they go to the bank - where the bank will have asked for picture ID to open the account. Ditto on the latter point if the payment is wired in directly from the fed.gov.

Oh, and ditto for food stamps/WIC/whatever euphemism of the day is being used for free food.

And ditto for attending the Rat convention.

PUHLEEZE! This is the legalization of election fraud. Little wonder why most people have contempt for the law - they'd be stupid NOT to.

[BlatherNaut]

"In addition, Romney’s attempts to turn the Massachusetts courts right can be seen in the appointment of Christopher Moore to chair the Judicial Nominating Commission. Christopher Moore is a conservative who is a member of the Federalist Society, which fights against judicial activism. As chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Moore was in an excellent position to ensure he could limit the selection of liberal activist judges who would legislate from the bench."

http://gopprimary2012.com/a-look-at-romneys-judicial-philosophy-conservative-reform-in-the-most-liberal-state/#more-244

[Ingtar]

I cannot vote for him. I believe that is wrong. If it matters here in Tennessee, he has already lost anyway. I pity those who believe as I do who live in states that will decide this issue. Their ethical dilemma must be tougher than mine.