Discussion: <span class="s1">Federal Appeals Court Rules New NC Voting Laws Intended To Discriminate

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Yes.

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Yeah. I figured.

Having what was considered the most conservative circuit in the system for most of my legal career do this is the difference between having a Democrat or a Republican in the White House. How that eludes so many people is quite simply beyond me.

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The Fourth Circuit does, it is debatable if the SC with all its republican justices will.

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This is progress, but black people in NC still have to enter the polling place that aligns with the color on their birth certificate.

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Yes

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Well, duh. Eat shit, Republican jerk-offs!!! :sunglasses:

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4 - 4 and the lower court decision stands.

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Was hoping the headline would be McCrory found hanging from tree limb.

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Off Topic but NC related:

Gov. Pat McCrory says he and North Carolina legislative leaders had a ā€œtotal verbal agreementā€ with the NBA about changes the state would make to House Bill 2 ā€“ changes that presumably would have kept the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte.

In an interview Thursday, McCrory told the Observer the agreement included three main items: reinstating the ability to sue for discrimination in state court, developing a ā€œblue-ribbon task forceā€ to study discrimination in the state, and aligning state and federal nondiscrimination statutory language.

ā€œThose were the three major agreements the NBA and the leadership of the legislature agreed upon,ā€ McCrory said, referring to N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore and President Pro Tempore Phil Berger.

A source close to the situation, however, said it would be an overstatement to say there was an actual agreement. The source, who didnā€™t want to be named to protect business relationships, said the NBA had been discussing two additional pillars of a potential compromise: changing how transgender people can use out-of-state birth certificates, and increasing penalties for crimes committed in bathrooms. All five provisions were included in a draft of the bill that was leaked during the discussions, which McCrory referenced.

The NBA had said it would not be able to keep the 2017 game in Charlotte unless sufficient changes were made to HB2, and those changes were not made. The league followed through last week, announcing that itā€™s moving the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte. The NBA, however, said the game would be held in Charlotte in 2019 if sufficient changes were made to HB2.

McCrory said the agreement with the NBA was ā€œlater sabotagedā€ by unnamed Republican legislators who he said leaked the agreement out. He also faulted Attorney General Roy Cooper and members of the Human Rights Campaign who he said lobbied Democratic lawmakers for a full repeal instead of changes to the bill.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article92477882.html#storylink=cpy

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Oh happy day, YES!!!

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If only there were some law that made states with a history of racism subject to review whenever they suggested modifying their voting lawsā€¦

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In your face John Roberts you pathetic excuse for a ā€œJusticeā€

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WOW! N.C. discriminating? How could that happen?

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The newly insane state of North Carolina intended to discriminate? Iā€™m SHOCKED!!!

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YES!!! Itā€™s like the sun is starting to shine again!!!

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Exactly!!!

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Thatā€™s got to hurt GOP chances in North Carolina. It will now probably vote for Hillary.

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North Carolina has the right to petition the SCOTUS Justice that oversees the 4th Circuit, John Roberts. It is within Robertsā€™ discretion to issue a stay of the Circuit court finding, at which point the state can petition for the entire court to hear the appeal. Justices typically will not issue stays unless they feel the eventual verdict of the full court will side with them, but is has happened. Most instances of a solitary Justice issuing a stay in response to a petitioner involve capital punishment cases, but they are not limited to those circumstances alone.
I suppose the above scenario could drag it all past the election, although I suspect if they get involved either individually or as a full court theyā€™d dispense with it before the vote.

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HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!ā€¦that is what Rev Barber asked of us who have a MORAL HEART for the HEART of AMERICA!

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On election day, voters, please, as Trump says, ā€œJUST SHOW UP!ā€

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