BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin from implementing voter ID law

[babylonsister]

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


BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin from implementing voter ID law
Posted 8:09 pm, October 9, 2014, by AP Wire Service, Updated at 08:20pm, October 9, 2014


Breaking news

MADISON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Wisconsin from implementing a law requiring voters to present photo IDs.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday declared the law constitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union followed that up the next day with an emergency request to the Supreme Court asking it to block the ruling ahead of the November election.

On Thursday night the nation’s highest court did so, vacating the appeals court ruling pending further proceedings. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented from the decision.

The voter photo identification law has been a political flashpoint since Republican legislators passed it in 2011. The law was in effect for the February 2012 primary but subsequent legal challenges have kept it on hold.

[Trajan]

1. Hell yeah ...

[rso]

2. Wisconsin ID Law

Outstanding news !!

[Andy823]

3. Wow that's a surprise,

But a good one.

[undeterred]

4. Wow, they're on a roll.

Good for our side.

[jaysunb]

16. Not just good for 'our side" it's good for democracy. n/t

[sheshe2]

5. We are going to do this bsis!

The domino's are falling in our favor.

GOTV 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Vote cause your life does depend on it!

[freshwest]

7. !!!!!

[freshwest]

6. YEAH! Wish we could make Alito, Scalia and Thomas unConstitutional...

[sheshe2]

8. ***snort***

me too fresh!

[undeterred]

9. This should help Democratic candidate Mary Burke beat Scott Walker

and this is where to donate if you can: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/35198

[riversedge]

30. That is a very good photo of Burke and Michele Obama and the students.

[Scuba]

10. Good, but a lot of damage has already been done. Confusion reigns here.

[BlueCaliDem]

11. Excellent news despite the usual suspects on SCOTUS dissenting.

Another victory for voters and another defeat for voter suppressors.

[riversedge]

26. But 6-3 vote. How often does that happen. Happy DAY.

[BlueCaliDem]

31. I'm truly amazed that Roberts and Kennedy sided with the Progressives on the Court.

It blew my mind to read that! But yes, it's HAPPY DAY!

[procon]

12. I hope to see all these voter suppression laws

fall like dominoes, which will finally force Republicans to run on the merits of their own agenda instead cheating by illegally tilting election in their favor.

[RobinA]

25. You Know What I Hope

While I totally disagree with voter ID laws for a variety of reasons, I am a social worker and it is part of my job to get people with mental health problems IDs. For benefit, not voting reasons. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get people IDs, since you need an ID to get an ID. People at ID-granting agencies seem to have no grasp of the fact that there are people in this world who aren't walking around with a pocket full of official documents. I hope that this whole voter ID nonsense brings to light and spurs some action toward looking at people trying to get IDs on a case by case basis, rather than looking at everyone as a potential plane-crashing terrorist.

Yes, there are people who don't know where they were born, people who don't know their parents names, people who don't pay bills with their address on top. There are people who don't look at all like their naturalization paper picture that was taken in the '70's when they were 25. Then there are the people who don't have the money to update resident alien registration, and people who can't afford a state ID because THEY CAN'T GET THEIR BENEFITS WITHOUT AN ID. How about the people who are too sick to sit in the office of one of these agencies for hours on end? Nope, you often can't ask a person with schizophrenia to sit at the jam-packed social security office full of screaming kids and irate adults for and hour and have then maintain themselves. Then there's the whole ID loop that can affect any of us if we have all ID stolen in a purse grab (that would be me).

It would make my job a whole lot easier and my clients' lives immensely easier if some individualization could prevail in obtaining an ID.

[riversedge]

28. Thank you for doing helping the people get ID's Someday

write a detailed letter to GAB and send a copy to the Board--when you have time that is. In solidarity

[procon]

33. Yes, given the depth and breadth of what we can achieve

With all the technological marvels of this information age, it certainly should -- and could -- be a whole lot easier for folks to acquire a permanent I'D.

Although, I must say, in the case of these voter suppression laws, an actual I'D was never the real issue at all.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

13. OUR Supreme Court?

Guess the check from the Koch brothers was late.

[mountain grammy]

22. +1

[OldHippieChick]

14. This should affect the ruling in Texas

and their appeal as well. Hallelujah!

[BlueCaliDem]

32. That's exactly what I was thinking, OHC! eom

[Gothmog]

15. This is another great ruling

[kelliekat44]

17. The three blind mice. Thomas ought to be ashamed of himself but I know he is not. nt

[Thinkingabout]

18. It makes me wonder if these three are US Supreme Court or Putin court.

[toddwv]

19. I have to say I'm shocked...

Not surprised that the 3 As (Alito, Antonin, and Asshole) dissented.

[Cha]

20. Shocking!! I like it! Mahalo, babylonsistah~

[YOHABLO]

21. HA! Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. What a joke. They're the problem.

Thrusting pins in voodoo dolls as I speak.

[mountain grammy]

23. Thanks again to the ACLU, the peoples' lawyers.

[mmonk]

24. But the state with the worst voter

suppression remains abandoned of remedies for its people

[JustAnotherGen]

27. This is absolutely wonderful to read this morning!

[riversedge]

29. Time to send the Wisconsin ACLU a little thanky $$ not

much with my budget but it will be appreciated.

[Initech]

34. SCOTUS actually does something good for a change?