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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS Tea Party "Justices" Uphold North Carolina's voting restrictions
WASHINGTON — For the second time in two weeks, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law restricting voters' access to the polls.
The latest ruling affects North Carolina, scene of a tight Senate race that could help decide which party wins control of that chamber for the final two years of President Obama's term.
The justices reversed a federal appeals court's decision that would have allowed same-day registration and counted votes cast mistakenly in the wrong precincts. Those were among several other procedures eliminated by the state Legislature last year in what critics called the most restrictive voting law in the nation.
Two justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor — dissented from the decision. They wrote that the two voting restrictions "likely would not have survived federal preclearance" under the Voting Rights Act before a key section was struck down in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts last year.
The court's action could be influential in next month's election. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has a slim, 2-point lead over Republican challenger Thom Tillis, according to a new Suffolk University/USATODAY Poll of likely voters. Their race could determine control of the Senate.
The latest ruling affects North Carolina, scene of a tight Senate race that could help decide which party wins control of that chamber for the final two years of President Obama's term.
The justices reversed a federal appeals court's decision that would have allowed same-day registration and counted votes cast mistakenly in the wrong precincts. Those were among several other procedures eliminated by the state Legislature last year in what critics called the most restrictive voting law in the nation.
Two justices — Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor — dissented from the decision. They wrote that the two voting restrictions "likely would not have survived federal preclearance" under the Voting Rights Act before a key section was struck down in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts last year.
The court's action could be influential in next month's election. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has a slim, 2-point lead over Republican challenger Thom Tillis, according to a new Suffolk University/USATODAY Poll of likely voters. Their race could determine control of the Senate.
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US Tea Party "Justices" Uphold North Carolina's voting restrictions (Original Post)
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Oct 2014
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MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)1. 7-2 is not a controversial decision.
Clearly, the state made a better case before the court than the plaintiffs.
"the majority of justices may have reasoned that state laws involving voting procedures should not be changed so close to an election."
Seems it has little to do with the state's case but more to do with the proximity to voting day.
Nonetheless, the entire issue of curtailing voting rights is ALEC/Tea Party in origin and IMO anyone anywhere anytime who supports these policies or laws is anti-American. Including the majority of our so-called "supreme" court.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)3. I don't support the laws...
but I'm not going to be as concerned about a 7-2 decision as I would be about a 5-4.
My main concern now is the hope that Kagan issues a stay on implementing the Wisconsin law. That's her true test.