US Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law

[PeaceNikki]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/09/supreme-court-wisconsin-voter-id/16985963/

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing its new voter identification law on the eve of next month's elections.

The action reverses a trend established by the justices in two other cases from Ohio and North Carolina, in which they allowed voting restrictions imposed by Republican legislatures to take effect.

In all three cases, however, it appeared the court wanted to respect changes made by elected officials without confusing or disenfranchising voters.

The court gave no reason for its action, as is routine for such emergency orders. But Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, arguing that the court cannot block an appeals court ruling unless the lower court "clearly and demonstrably erred in its application of accepted standards."

In Wisconsin, the state requires voters to produce photo ID at the polls based on a 2011 law that was rolled out in time for low-turnout primaries the following year. Because of early problems, a state court blocked further use of the law.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Suck on THAT, Scott Wanker.

[PeaceNikki]

2. Amen.

[freshwest]

7. Indeed!

[PeaceNikki]

8. I am in SHOCK!!! HAPPY SHOCK!!!

[freshwest]

18. So happy for Wisconsin, PeaceNikki!

[PeaceNikki]

21. :)

[Stallion]

3. Truly Shocking

I wonder if this is temporary until after election

[PeaceNikki]

4. Well, yes. The law was signed but implementation blocked via a stay.

The fight isn't over, but the dirty tricks to try to implement in the 11th hour after several thousand ballots were sent is.

[alp227]

5. But North Carolina gets to keep THEIRS?

Maybe whoever sued Wisconsin had better lawyers.

[PeaceNikki]

6. The fact they tried to implement in the 11th hour was a big reason why.

[freshwest]

9. Had a long talk with someone in N.C. this week. I said things seem hopeless, all the history is

disregarded, Evers, JFK, MLK, RFK, LBJ, et al.

She said people are asking their parents who went thorugh it and they are passing it on.

Then she said about the election,'Just you wait and see...' with confidence. It took a load off my heart.

Hoping that means Dems will GOTV in all of these places to get past all these roadblocks!

[PeaceNikki]

10. There are huge rallies in the areas we need them most - Milwaukee and Dane. Michelle Obama's been

here twice in past week, Elizabeth Warren on Saturday and Obama will be here closer to the election. We NEED that. We NEED the Obama voters who tend to poopoo the midterms to show up.

This helps.

Oh... yay!! Dance with me, fw!!

[freshwest]

20. My heart is dancing with you!

[LawDeeDah]

11. Heavy rec for a battle won.

The war is not over.

[PeaceNikki]

12. Not by a longshot, but I will take this win for now.

[drray23]

13. still until the supreme court puts a stop to it

States will try to implement voter id laws at the last minute knowing full well that even if it is struck down its usually allowed to stay until the next election. All they have to do is keep repeating the same process and they get the desired result. I do not think judges should allow for any delay.

[PeaceNikki]

14. Agreed, but again, I will gladly take this 'win'. We need to get rid of Walker. And so do you.

This election is his practice run for 2016.

[Gothmog]

15. This is another great ruling

[Half-Century Man]

16. Lets keep this in prospective.

We have seen the depths in citizen disenfranchisement to which he will happily sink to force the agenda his buyers ordered. Imagine him applying this nationally.
He would be the last president.

[Change has come]

17. Congratulations!

[WillyT]

19. HUGE K & R !!!

[Scuba]

22. Great news, but much damage has already been done here by voter ID ...

... gerrymandering and other shenanigans.

We really, really need Michelle, Elizabeth and other progressive leaders to keep coming here to rally the Democratic base.