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October 20, 2014

Supreme Court Allows Texas to Enforce Voter ID Law That Could Disenfranchise "Hundreds of Thousands" 
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The Supreme Court is allowing Texas to enforce a controversial voter ID
law that was briefly struck down earlier this month. A federal judge
initially overturned the law, calling it an "unconstitutional poll tax"
that discriminates against voters of color. But a three-judge panel said
Texas can enforce the ID law in the November election, because dropping
it would cause confusion. On Saturday, the Supreme Court agreed, but did
not rule on whether the law should permanently stand. In a dissent
joined by two others, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the decision
"risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible
voters."

 

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