Voter ID laws: Republican Judge regrets, recants his decision

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Judge Posner, the Reagan appointee who approved Indiana's voter ID laws in a case that went up to the Supreme Court, now believe he made the wrong decision and these laws are being used to unconstitutionally deny people the right to vote.

http://electionlawblog.org/?p=55927:+electionlawblog/uqCP+%28Election+Law%29

Like many, he placed too much faith that voter identification would be readily available to those who qualify, and probably could not conceive that people passing these laws to restrict the franchise would also put obstacles in the way of obtaining identification.

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Well he like many people don't think.  When it comes to the the government creating new laws I always ask why.  If they can't give me a reason then I would say no.  The government has to demonstrate a real need for a law before I would okay any more laws being written.  There are too many laws on the books.  Writing a new law "just 'cause" isn't a reason.

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Well he like many people don't think.  When it comes to the the government creating new laws I always ask why.  If they can't give me a reason then I would say no.  The government has to demonstrate a real need for a law before I would okay any more laws being written.  There are too many laws on the books.  Writing a new law "just 'cause" isn't a reason.

Funnily enough, that sounds an awful lot like a Conservative viewpoint.  Voter ID just makes it even more clear that the GOP has abandoned a coherent ideology.

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Well he like many people don't think.  When it comes to the the government creating new laws I always ask why.  If they can't give me a reason then I would say no.  The government has to demonstrate a real need for a law before I would okay any more laws being written.  There are too many laws on the books.  Writing a new law "just 'cause" isn't a reason.

Funnily enough, that sounds an awful lot like a Conservative viewpoint.  Voter ID just makes it even more clear that the GOP has abandoned a coherent ideology.

They are really missing out on voters.  To be honest with you I could vote for a Republican if they were truly fiscal conservative, left all these divisive social issues behind, and were truly about making government run efficiently.  But they sadly are not.