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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRegarding the four racists on the Supreme Court
The courts four conservatives Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. would have granted most of North Carolinas request (to demand to see a state-issued ID).
But they were unable to find a necessary fifth vote from one of the courts four liberals.
But they were unable to find a necessary fifth vote from one of the courts four liberals.
North Carolina's voter ID law got shot down by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The governor of North Carolina took it to the Supreme Court.
Since the Supreme Court now has four sane people and four bigots, the four to four vote means that the lower court ruling stands. The North Carolina voter ID law is dead. (And in practical terms, this means a hell of a lot of black people cannot be denied their votes.)
The next president of the United States will appoint a ninth judge. And perhaps even more. This is one of the top issues in the upcoming election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-wont-let-north-carolina-use-strict-voting-law/2016/08/31/b5187080-6ed6-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html
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Regarding the four racists on the Supreme Court (Original Post)
Cyrano
Sep 2016
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misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)2. Thank you
edhopper
(33,599 posts)3. how about
the sane Justices couldn't get one of the bigots to vote for people's rights?
Cyrano
(15,046 posts)4. "Easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle ..."
MyOwnPeace
(16,936 posts)5. Good one!!!!!
You go, Cyrano!