U.S. top court declines to block Texas voter ID law

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid to block a controversial Texas law that requires voters to show identification before voting, but left the door open to a renewed challenge before the November elections.

The court denied a request filed by opponents of the law, including individual Texas voters, who say the law is not needed and disproportionately affects older and poorer voters, including minorities, who are less likely to have identification papers.

The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is due to rehear the case on May 24. The high court's order said if the lower court has not acted on the case by July 20, then the opponents could renew their application to block the law ahead of the elections.

"The court recognizes the time constraints the parties confront in light of the scheduled elections in November 2016," the order said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-texasvoting-idUSKCN0XQ1Y6

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World | Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:00pm EDT
WASHINGTON | BY LAWRENCE HURLEY

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Election fraud is a problem, people. Voter ID is election fraud.

[benld74]

2. Fiddle, Fiddle

[Gothmog]

3. Actually, this order is some what encouraging

There is now a firm deadline. Given that the 5th Circuit ruling came down August 5, 2015 and the 5th Circuit sat on the en banc consideration until April, it is nice to see some deadlines

[rladdi]

4. The United States Supreme Court and many Federal courts are on the course to

destroy the states and America. The Congress and Senate has done nothing for 7 years but let the courts make rulings. Most of the rulings are in the conversatives side.
This is why our next President must be a Democrat and the court systems have to be changes from conservatives judges to FAIR Judges. Judges that rule by the law and not politics.