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| Ninth Circuit Largely Upholds Arizona Voter Id Law |
| 2012-04-19 |
| Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals -- an incredibly liberal appeals court -- ruled that Arizona's voter ID law was largely constitutional. Opponents of the law had argued that the fee to obtain an ID amounted to an impermissible "poll tax"; the Court thought otherwise. The Court did rule, however, that Arizona cannot turn down federal voter registration forms, which simply ask applicants to check a box indicating that they are US citizens. That's not because such provisions would be unconstitutional -- it's because those provisions violate the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (the so-called Motor Voter Act). Due to the supremacy clause of the Constitution, in areas where the federal government legislates, states cannot. The case will likely move on to the Supreme Court. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 ruled => riled |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-04-19 19:58 |
| #6 What's got the Ninth Circus Court so ruled up that they're siding with the Constitution? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-04-19 12:38 |
| #5 Thats what you get for scolding the Judicial's during your first State of the Union speech, and then trying to intimidate them regarding federal cases. At a large post office right after Zero was elected, the mostly African-American tellers had a big picture of Big Zero in each cubical at the counter. Was not long before he said something derogatory about the Postal Service. Those pictures dissapeared faster than a fart in a fan factory. And don't let me get started on what the 3 million member Black Chamber of Commerce thinks of him. |
| Posted by: Lonzo Squank2732 2012-04-19 12:14 |
| #4 Common sense? From the Ninth? Wow. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-04-19 11:35 |
| #3 Go ahead, Holder. Take it to the SCOTUS. They'll smack you down too. That would give me pleasure. JFM, I think newc is referring to malt liquor which, at least in my experience, is typically the choice of low life types who are looking for a cheap drunk. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-19 11:35 |
| #2 What is an LPC and what a 40 OZ? |
| Posted by: JFM 2012-04-19 10:58 |
| #1 Well that's a picnic. The Ninth Circus? Really? Now it's time to strike down the motor voter law if it so has to be. It's time to regress. Driving does not make you a US citizen eligible to vote. Though, they would all have to go back and register to vote again. Cry me a storm. Nothing an LPC and a 40 OZ can't get you through. |
| Posted by: newc 2012-04-19 00:05 |