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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pens Scathing Dissent On Texas Voter ID Law

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a six-page dissent early Saturday morning, blasting the court's decision to allow Texas to use its new voter ID law in the November elections. She was joined in the dissent by Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.
"The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters," Ginsburg wrote.
Ginsburg disputed the Fifth Circuit court of appeals' argument that it was too close to the November election to stop the law. Early voting begins on Monday in Texas.


"In any event, there is little risk that the District Court's injunction will in fact disrupt Texas' electoral process,"she wrote. "Texas need only reinstate the voter identification procedures it employed for ten years (from 2003 to 2013) and in five federal general elections."
Ginsburg argued that the Fifth Circuit was remiss to ignore the findings of a full trial in district court, which found that the law was "enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose and would yield a prohibited disriminatory result."
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600,000 people dont have the required material and therefore will have to purchase an ID. This is a poll tax, plain and simple.
 
Nonsense.

Following this impeccable leftist logic, any costs associated with getting to the polls would represent a poll tax.
I guess "free" transportation will become a "right" soon enough.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
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600,000 people dont have the required material and therefore will have to purchase an ID. This is a poll tax, plain and simple. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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anyone too insignificant to have an ID is not someone who should be voting IMHO

I wonder if Her Honor would strike down the Brady law and the 68 GCA because someone without an ID cannot exercise their second amendment rights at a retail dealer and if the Democrats have their way-not at any level
 
Kobie said:
That's a pretty lousy way to look at things.
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its truthful. and why should someone be required to have a ID to exercise their second amendment rights?
 
TurtleDude said:
its truthful. and why should someone be required to have a ID to exercise their second amendment rights?
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They shouldn't. The second amendment is pretty clear: "The right of the jpeople to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Now if one reads Section 4 of Article I of the Constitution it states: The times, places and MANNER of holding elections for senators and representative, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof;...
 
webrockk said:
Nonsense.

Following this impeccable leftist logic, any costs associated with getting to the polls would represent a poll tax.
I guess "free" transportation will become a "right" soon enough.
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Yeah so I guess if you have to put gas in your car its a racist poll tax??
 
webrockk said:
that, or bus/cab fare. OMG! poll tax! somebody call Ginsburg!
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We all know what this is about... cheating! I had a guy at work try to argue this point with me before and he couldn't even keep a straight face. This thread is like a skit from the onion, what a joke.
 
Gringo allstar said:
Yeah so I guess if you have to put gas in your car its a racist poll tax??
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What a painfully dishonest argument. There's other ways to get to the polling place. There's no substitute for an ID.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Where does it say you have a constitutional right to free travel?
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If, per the left's deceitful "poll tax" narrative, an individual may incur no expenses in exercising their right to vote, it's quite evident the Constitution will need to be amended to include a right to free transportation to the polls.

You'll get right on that, I trust.
 
webrockk said:
If, per the left's deceitful "poll tax" narrative, an individual may incur no expenses in exercising their right to vote, it's quite evident the Constitution will need to be amended to include a right to free transportation to the polls.
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Does one have to show they own a car, or a travel pass to vote? There is a little thing called two legs. This is why we have wards/precincts so voting locations are not miles upon miles upon miles apart...
 
It isn't a poll tax, but if it was, I'm not sure how liberals could be against taxes.
 
Gringo allstar said:
We all know what this is about... cheating! I had a guy at work try to argue this point with me before and he couldn't even keep a straight face. This thread is like a skit from the onion, what a joke.
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Of course it is. Liberals/progressives comprise about 20% of America's political landscape. Plumping up their numbers by any means necessary is paramount....especially in this internet age, where TV "news" has lost exclusive domain over the dissemination of information.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
Does one have to show they own a car, or a travel pass to vote? There is a little thing called two legs. This is why we have wards/precincts so voting locations are not miles upon miles upon miles apart...
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Physical exertion requires fuel, as well.

next, you'll want a "right" to free food.

oh, wait. ;)
 
webrockk said:
is transportation to the polls free? is maintaining district residency requirements free?
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Are you required to to take a bus, car, taxi, to the polls? Are you required to pay to get to the polls and prove it at the polling place? Are you required to show how you got to the polling place?
 
Why is that same ID requirement OK for buying a gun, alcohol or tobacco? Are those rights not also protected by the constitution?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Why is that same ID requirement OK for buying a gun, alcohol or tobacco? Are those rights not also protected by the constitution?
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guns yes, smokes and booze not specifically
 
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