Voter ID - cure in search of a disease?
You’ve certainly raised interesting arguments for and again the ID requirements that the Court will be addressing. One point, though. One is striking about the whole voter fraud issue is that there is so little evidence that voter fraud is really much of a problem – that is, that people are voting who are not allowed to do so. The absence of this evidence suggests that the people pushing voter IDs are doing something other than trying to solve a real problem (which, apparently, barely exists). It suggests they are trying to stop legitimate voters from voting, and that is a very sinister thing to do.
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and what do you consider the likelihood that the justices (a)understand, (b)care, or (c)will apply that reasoning in their decision?
September 27, 2007 9:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
If they can read then (a) will be true, as the dissenting opinion in the 7th Circuit points out that the Voter ID law at issue from Indiana is a thinly disguised attempt to disenfranchise Democratic voters.
As for (b) and (c), I would imagine that 4 or 5 will.
September 27, 2007 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jeffrey,
I'm sorry to put this comment here, but I've no other way to contact you for your opinion. I've written the following:
United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8
The Congress shall
Have Power To Declare War.
Raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
Provide and maintain a navy;
Make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;
Provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;
Provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
It’s time for Democrats and Republicans in Congress to stand up and be ‘counted’, once again. It’s time for them to do what our founding fathers set out for them to do, represent the People of these United States of America.
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September 28, 2007 8:35 PM | Reply | Permalink