June 17, 2013

Quick hit: Supremely Disappointing Court


Just happening this morning, the Supreme Court has ruled Arizona's law that requires proof of citizenship for voting purposes illegal.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.

The justices voted 7-2 to throw out Arizona's voter-approved requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship in order to use a registration form produced under the federal "Motor Voter" voter registration law.

Federal law "precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself," Justice Antonia Scalia wrote for the court's majority.

The court was considering the legality of Arizona's requirement that prospective voters document their U.S. citizenship in order to use a registration form produced under the federal "motor voter" registration law.
Is it just me or does this seem like a 10th Amendment issue?  We'll need more details to determine the decision's logic, but if this is supposed to be a conservative court, I'm not impressed.

2 comments:

  1. You are right it was a one time a 10th amendment issue. But the power of the 10th was settled by the Civil War and is seldom challenged today. The progessives on the high court and in congress, not to mention the one sitting in the oval office are slowly ripping up what's left of that founding document. As for the Arizona decision---did anyone really expect it to stand. In this country today, anyone can vote or hold office as shown by the rise of BHO. It will take a revolution to undo the damage done to this nation in the last 20 years. Perhaps, just perhaps Obama will be the straw that broke the camel's back.

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  2. If a revolution were to occur today, going back to the original Constitution, sadly, would be impossible. There are just too many people who do not understand the principles on which the Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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