Texas will appeal to the US Supreme Court, and the Roberts Court, led by Justice Thomas, will rule that the law is exactly what the founding fathers meant when they declared African Americans to be only 3/5 of a person.
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Just glanced at the opinion but Iām not sure itās being reported correctly . . .
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One of the local Teabaggers screamed in fury about this decision, yelling thst the Courts were supposed to be in THEIR pocket.
The he whined that he was a victim.
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The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is one of the most conservative there is. If they struck it down you know it was messed up to begin with.
Iām going to leave this right here:
In-person voter fraud is practically non-existent. But ā¦ please feel free to share examples of this kind of voter fraud occurring.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton did not comment because his sorry ass is under indictment AND his sorry ass is in trouble for not enforcing same sex marriage.
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He replied with the usual GOP Voter Fraud Unicorn gobbledygook.
Please explain for us dummies
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Indicted Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately comment on the ruling.
F^ck every one of our criminal RWNJ pols here in TX.
And there are a bunch.
Rick Perry knew how to pull off cronyism-- and avoid jail time (to date).
This next-gen of dimwit tin-foilers are simply fools.
From Abbott on down.
jw1
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The 5th Circuit did What??!!
(Stares in disbelief.)
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Ann Coulter in Florida a few years ago?
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Part of it was remanded back to the circuit court but part of it was ruled as a violation of the VRA. Iām not a lawyer and I wish one with Constitutional Law experience would chime in.
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All the states who try and do this also reduce voting hours at the same time. What does reduced hours have to with voting fraud,nothing . Does a bank combat banking fraud by closing its doors. Itās obviously all about voter discrimination no matter what they say.
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There is something so wrong, so perverse in this country when the bizarroland Republicans, the same political party that is trying to take away voting rights, civil rights, human rights, social rights and constitutional rightsā¦is the party that is relentlessly pushing more guns on this populace and encouraging that populace to take up arms for fear that āthe government is trying to take away our rights.ā And their low/no information base eats that swill and comes back for more.
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Likely, but this is different than the last case. The last one in effect allowed states to make Laws without the Federal guidelines and review. It never said such a Law would by default be Constitutional, totally different issue. I see the SCOTUS shooting this Law down too, it is a proven fact that thousands of legit voters would be prevented from voting, and discriminatory Laws are not Constitutional.
I do see where part of this has to be reviewed again by a lower court, etc. No time to look that upā¦
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Yup ! Thatās oneā¦ 30 to go. 
A comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation found 31 credible incidents out of one BILLION ballots cast.
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Itās right there in the Constitution - āYou must have an approved ID in order to vote.ā
You can look it up! Oh, waitā¦
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Nuh uh!
Kris Kobach said there were as many as a HUNDRED that he was going to investigate in Kansas alone!
(Which even if it were true, would amount to diddly squat.)
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Somebody please correct me if I am wrong, but when the SCOTUS struck down parts of the VRA, they struck down the formula for determining a discriminatory district, but it left intact the part that stated if a state had been ruled by a court to be discriminatory they were automatically placed on the pre-clearance list. So doesnāt this automatically put Texas on the DOJās preclearance list for the next several election cycles?
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LOL. Good one.
ruh roh !!!
That means the five year study by the Justice Department is wrong.
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