BREAKING: US Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin from implementing law requiring voters to present photo

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http://fox6now.com/2014/10/09/breaking-u-s-supreme-court-blocks-wisconsin-from-implementing-voter-id-law/

MADISON (AP) — US Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin from implementing law requiring voters to present photo IDs.

This is a developing story.

And it is being reported on MSNBC now

[MADem]

1. HAAA- HA!!!!!!!!!!!

[hrmjustin]

2. Scott Walker is going to be pissed!

[Gothmog]

33. Walker was trying to steal the election with this law

[mopinko]

3. bye bye scott walker. bye bye sean duffy.

hello governor burke, hello representative kelly westlund.

[valerief]

4. They should all bring a pic of Walker with a big X over his face anyway.

[elleng]

5. Good things happening!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251379390

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Wow!

I did not expect this at all, and am astonished.

I thought the next step would be the WI SC, where the Walkerite WMC majority would uphold the implementation of the law.

[sybylla]

40. Me too, Jackpine.

I totally blacked out the media yesterday because I figured this wouldn't go our way.

[Jackpine Radical]

41. Well, blacking out the media

is certainly a better alternative than just blacking out.

[Demeter]

44. Me neither. I'm pleasantly surprised

Who thought they could remember what justice was?

[riversedge]

49. I was actually shocked-stunned and

read the article twice.

[alp227]

7. Wisconsin State Journal report

U.S. Supreme Court slams brakes on Voter ID in Wisconsin

[winstars]

12. Same scum voted for voter ID:

"On Thursday night the U.S. Supreme Court did so, issuing a one-page order that vacated the appeals court ruling pending further proceedings. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying the application should have been denied because there was no indication that the 7th Circuit had demonstrably erred."





Clarence Thomas, he could not have turned out worse, from day 1 till now. Idiot, never ask a question, ALWAYS on the wrong side, ALWAYS...

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Thomas is only always on the wrong side because Scalia is always on the wrong side

[Ikonoklast]

51. I've been trying to figure out just how far up Thomas' backside Scalia needs to go with his hand

in order to work the puppet.

Obviously Scalia can't reach the part that makes the mouth move, but he sure can make the Thomas doll look like it's asleep pretty good.

[AverageJoe90]

18. Sammy the Bull, Fat Tony, and Uncle Clarence Ruckus all on the same side? No fuckin' surprise.

But at least the other six used their brains.....even Roberts!

[riversedge]

50. Agree. Thomas is a prick. I

actually can recall the hearings when he was first nominated. We--I was in college at the time ---were stunned.

[navarth]

52. Thomas is the 'House Negro' Malcom was talking about. nt

[Half-Century Man]

8. I am so very happy we managed to keep what really is, the bare minimum.

Die cheaters, choke on your own bile.

As per Lewis Black, "NOT ON MY WATCH BABY"!

[onehandle]

9. Outrageous! This is a slap in the face of all brothers named Koch.

heh...

[Ellipsis]

10. Bite me Scott Walker

[BronxBoy]

56. White Faces....

All Around
Happy to keep the nigras down......

[ReRe]

11. Yeah!!!!!

Election's on! I hope this is just the beginning. Let all the barriers fall and all the people get out and vote! What about North Carolina? I know something is going on down there.

[littlewolf]

13. SC upheld their voter laws. nt

[ballyhoo]

14. This is big! I am surprised.

[Jack Rabbit]

15. I'm shocked, in a very delightful way

What's the catch?

[SmittynMo]

30. Yeah, no shit.

What's the catch? The cool part is Mr. Weasel has no time to rebut this.

[Stuart G]

16. 6 to 3....there are still some honesty there on that court

Kennedy and the Chief Justice.....Who would have thought??

He, the Chief Justice, also voted an favor of the legality of the Affordable Care Act. (a shock to many media watchers, and to me.)

So, there is some sanity left...and North Carolina's crap will go down too..
Every once in a while, there is a positive surprise..This is that... "every once in a while..."

[AllyCat]

19. One more piece of info to drop from my canvassing efforts!

Yes!!!

[freshwest]

24. This will enable your father to vote, right?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251379016

[AllyCat]

25. Yes it will! He is ecstatic!

And he will vote for Burke and Happ!

[Gothmog]

34. I am glad that your father will get to vote

[Kelvin Mace]

20. OK, I am confused, can someone explain

why the allowed the law to go forward in NC, but blocked it in WI?

[dragonlady]

21. Wasn't the NC law already used in a prior election?

In Wisconsin, we had it for a spring primary election that most people skip, and then it was blocked for over two years before the 7th Circuit sprang their decision on us with only a few weeks to go, without the elaborate publicity campaign that was planned to get people ready. It looks like both cases follow the principle of a Supreme Court case of several years ago: don't mess with the procedures too close to an election.

[loudsue]

27. North Carolina's law is supposed to take effect in 2016, IIRC

I hope something is done about the tea party control of NC.

[winter is coming]

28. I thought the case in NC was about early voting?? n/t

[mwooldri]

32. Early voting and same day registration.

The Supremes overruled the Appeals Court on this. The appeals court said that the 2016 ID requirement needs to be looked at later on.

That's my understanding of it anyways.

[Gothmog]

35. There is a soft rollout of the voter id law for the 2014 election

A strict voter id law will go into effect in North Carolina in 2016 but during the 2014 election, workers are allowed to ask if the voter has ID but voters can vote without the required ids. Between now and 2016, this law will be litigated but right now the courts did not rule on this law because it was not really in effect yet

[Kelvin Mace]

39. But how many people will be turned away by the question?

Why ask for it, if it isn't required unless the purpose of the question is to scare/discourage voters?

[Gothmog]

42. Under the law, no one is suppose to be turned away

The theory is that this allows people to get use to the law. I am also betting that people will be turned away due to this law

[Kelvin Mace]

38. Early voting and same day registration

[former9thward]

48. The SC has made three rulings on voter rights changes.

They stopped them in WI but allowed them to go forward in both OH and NC. The rulings are completely consistent. In all three cases the court put the brakes on lower-court rulings that would have prompted late changes in election procedures in the run-up to Election Day.

[DonCoquixote]

22. Important for Florida

As Rick Scott has tried to implement similar measures in that most purple of states.

[JCMach1]

55. Florida already has a law in place... used in recent elections...

Can we remove this please!!!!!

[WillyT]

23. HUGE K & R !!!

[raven mad]

26. Seeing the light of equality just isn't that damn hard.

I hope Alaska is next - we'll have one hell of a battle, given the takeover of the state by fundies during the pipeline buildup. But we'll win, and my niece Heather and her wife Darcy will get to come home in peace.

[SmittynMo]

29. Walker is a snake in the grass

This guys has been nothing but a trouble maker since he took office. He was never "for the people", which has been the theme of typical republicants. When will people learn that republicants are for themselves, and not for the for the good of their state, or the country. There was no reason to institute this law to begin with, other than to punish the less fortunate, and make it difficult for people to vote. When we vote to put people in office, we expect that they will work for the majority of people, not the few. And denying people the right to vote is one of the lowest things a representative can do. All that time and money wasted. I'm guessing he had nothing better to do.

I hope this is the last straw for this weasel and he's voted out, once and for all. The state of Wisconsin deserves better.

[HereSince1628]

37. Ousting Walker depends on changing patterns of dem low turn-out

in non-presidential elections.

The blocking of the ID requirement will make it possible for thousands to vote who couldn't have...if they get to the polls.

[Lifelong Protester]

31. Rats! I was planning on bringing 2 forms of ID

both with pictures of me, both official, and with different names. Then I was going to ask if I could vote twice!!!

This is great news!

[Gothmog]

36. Bring the ID anway

There will be confusion at the polls

[Orsino]

43. No kitten strangulation at issue, or it would have been 5-4 the other way. n/t

[santamargarita]

45. Good!

[C Moon]

46. Great news! But it sounds like it's going to get ugly on election day in Wisconsin.

[rhett o rick]

47. Before we get to gaga, this is just one brick in the wall. The scariest is the control of vote

counting machines. Gerrymandering, voter disenfranchisement, etc. are all moot if the Oligarchs control the vote counting.

[tartan2]

53. OMG what happen?

Did the damn SCOTUS stop drinking the kool aid?????

[merrily]

54. The SCOTUS is a travesty but even a broken watch is right twice a day.

That's a lot more often than the uber partisan SCOTUS.

[Cha]

57. YES!!!