In the United States, you need to prove your identity before you buy beer, certain cough medicines, or enter an airport.
But asking for ID before you vote? That’s simply too discriminatory for one Texas judge appointed by Obama.
A federal judge who has compared Texas’ voter ID requirements to a “poll tax” on minorities once again blocked the law Wednesday, rejecting a weakened version backed by the Trump administration and dealing Texas Republicans another court defeat over voting rights.
U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos rejected changes signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this summer as not only lacking but also potentially chilling to voters because of new criminal penalties. The new version didn’t expand the list of acceptable photo identifications – meaning gun licenses remained sufficient proof to vote, but not college student IDs.
Instead, the changes would allow people who lack a required ID to cast a ballot if they signed an affidavit and brought paperwork that showed their name and address, such as a bank statement or utility bill. Those revisions were supported by the U.S. Justice Department, which under President Barack Obama had joined Democrats and minority rights groups in suing over the law.
But that position has changed with President Donald Trump in charge, who has established a commission to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 elections. In February, the Justice Department abandoned the argument Texas passed voter ID rules with discrimination in mind and said changes signed by Abbott should satisfy the courts.
Texas first passed the voter ID law in 2011, the same year the GOP-controlled Legislature adopted voting maps that were also struck down as discriminatory.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called the latest ruling “outrageous” and said an appeals court should void the decision.
Democrats’ resistance to voter ID law seems to be rooted in their well-documented refusal to crack down on voter fraud. And now they have a blockade of Obama-appointed judged to do their bidding. It’s common sense against liberal activism — and liberal activism seems to be winning out.
Source: Washington Times
Image: WBDaily
Kick her a$$ off the bench! Worthless creature!
Kick her out
take her out
Wonder what she’s thinking
Psalms 7: 14-17 NLT
[14] The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
[15] They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.
[16] The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
[17] I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High!
Bring it to the supreme court
Get rid of them ALL!
Fire her now!
Satan at work !
I hope trump gets all you fucking$#%&!@*holes out