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SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act

Authored by: aslagle on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 03:28 PM EDT

Decision in plain english (clicky link)

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SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act

Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 03:41 PM EDT

Here is what it means in plainer English:

Officials in Texas said they would rush ahead with a controversial voter ID law that critics say will make it more difficult for ethnic minority citizens to vote, hours after the US supreme court released them from anti-discrimination constraints that have been in place for almost half a century.

There will be a lot of that, as there was in the last election, I'm afraid. This is what happens when politics stacks the courts. These are judges placed in office by one party, which can't win I gather unless they stop people from voting for the other party.

I'm not an expert on politics, though, so draw your own conclusions freely.

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SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 04:28 PM EDT
- SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 07:57 PM EDT
- SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act - Authored by: whoever57 on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 01:00 AM EDT
SCOTUS strikes down voting rights act - Authored by: Scott_Lazar on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 04:38 PM EDT
SCOTUS stacked - give me a break - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 04:38 PM EDT
- SCOTUS stacked - well... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 06:01 PM EDT
- SCOTUS stacked - give me a break - Authored by: cjk fossman on Tuesday, June 25 2013 @ 06:04 PM EDT
  - SCOTUS stacked - give me a break - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:58 PM EDT
    - SCOTUS stacked - give me a break - Authored by: cjk fossman on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 08:58 PM EDT
A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 03:18 AM EDT
- A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 07:15 AM EDT
  - A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 07:55 AM EDT
    - Wrong link? - Authored by: hardmath on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 08:05 AM EDT
    - Koch Brothers did not start the current TEA Party Movement. - Authored by: deck2 on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 02:49 PM EDT
- A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 07:51 AM EDT
  - A photo id is not a bad idea. Make the voters id care a photo id, solves complaint #1. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 09:55 AM EDT
    - A photo id is not a bad idea. Make the voters id care a photo id, solves complaint #1. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:37 AM EDT
    - A photo id is not a bad idea. Make the voters id care a photo id, solves complaint #1. - Authored by: celtic_hackr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:37 AM EDT
      - You are arguing that something cant be proved then arguing against the means to prove it . - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:36 PM EDT
        You are arguing that something cant be proved then arguing against the means to prove it . - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 07:23 PM EDT
        lol you are quoting voting machines as reliable? Really? n/y - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 09:44 PM EDT
    - photo ids are free - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:54 AM EDT
      - photo ids are free - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:31 PM EDT
        photo ids are free - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:59 PM EDT
        photo ids are free - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:12 PM EDT
        photo ids are free - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 08:27 PM EDT
    - A photo id is not a bad idea. Make the voters id care a photo id, solves complaint #1. - Authored by: cjk fossman on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 06:10 PM EDT
      - A photo id is not a bad idea. Make the voters id care a photo id, solves complaint #1. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 09:41 PM EDT
        Intellectually lazy - Authored by: cjk fossman on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 10:58 AM EDT
        When the blind lead the blind they will both fall in the ditch. - Authored by: Kilz on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 12:01 PM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: cjk fossman on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 03:01 PM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: Kilz on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 08:50 PM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: cjk fossman on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 10:04 PM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: Kilz on Friday, June 28 2013 @ 12:53 AM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: PJ on Friday, June 28 2013 @ 12:12 PM EDT
        Sorry if I offended you, but - Authored by: Kilz on Friday, June 28 2013 @ 04:13 PM EDT
        When the blind lead the blind they will both fall in the ditch. - Authored by: PJ on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 03:13 PM EDT
        When the blind lead the blind they will both fall in the ditch. - Authored by: Kilz on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 08:33 PM EDT
        When the blind lead the blind they will both fall in the ditch. - Authored by: Kilz on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 08:54 PM EDT
- "You need to show id to cash a check" - Authored by: hardmath on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 08:01 AM EDT
  - You need to show id tto open the account in the first place. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:05 AM EDT
    - You need to show id tto open the account in the first place. - Authored by: celtic_hackr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:47 AM EDT
      - You need to show id tto open the account in the first place. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:39 PM EDT
    - Of course voter fraud is a crime... - Authored by: hardmath on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 11:02 AM EDT
      - Of course voter fraud is a crime... - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 11:57 AM EDT
        Speaking for my state - Authored by: hardmath on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 12:29 PM EDT
        a bit of a rant about it - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 12:35 PM EDT
        No id is required in IL - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:42 PM EDT
        No id is required in IL - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 06:55 PM EDT
        No id is required in IL - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 06:58 PM EDT
        I am an election judge. n/t - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 09:42 PM EDT
        I am an election judge - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 07:07 AM EDT
        Ouch. Keyboard alert. - Authored by: cjk fossman on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 10:05 PM EDT
        Come back to reality anytime you want, we miss you. n/t - Authored by: Kilz on Friday, June 28 2013 @ 12:54 AM EDT
    - complete fabrication - Authored by: jrl on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 05:18 PM EDT
  - You must not live in a border state. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:06 PM EDT
- A photo id is a bad idea. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 09:58 AM EDT
- A $20 for a photo id? Which is required to vote? - Authored by: celtic_hackr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:28 AM EDT
  - Then fight for free id's, not against common sense. n/t - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:44 PM EDT
- Papers please - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:50 AM EDT
  - Then how did you register to vote? That requirers ID. n/t - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:46 PM EDT
    - no it doesn't. not in Ohio. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:12 PM EDT
      - Then Ohio needs to remove the last 4 of SS# loophole. n/t. - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:25 PM EDT
- A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 11:09 AM EDT
- A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: tknarr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 02:58 PM EDT
  - Then how did they register to vote? That requirers ID. n/t - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 04:47 PM EDT
    - Then how did they register to vote? That requirers ID. n/t - Authored by: tknarr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:06 PM EDT
      - You just did an SCO - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 05:24 PM EDT
        You just did an SCO - Authored by: tknarr on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 06:29 PM EDT
        Because people are comming up with bad reasons to stop id's - Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, June 26 2013 @ 10:01 PM EDT
        Because people are comming up with bad reasons to stop id's - Authored by: kuroshima on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 02:39 AM EDT
- A photo id is not a bad idea. - Authored by: skyisland on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 01:45 AM EDT

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