5th Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Texas voter ID law

[Gass3268]

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Wow, this was an en blac decision coming from one of the most conservative circuit courts in the nation!

I imagine Texas will appeal, but it will in all likelihood be 4-4 or Kennedy joins the liberals, which means this will stand for the election.

We might be seeing the end of voter ID laws or at the very least extremely strict ones!

[The Dowager Mod]

Yay!

[Illiniwek]

deeeeeeeeeeeeeeng thats great! En banc too! We've got momentum!

[Wells]

Tossup Texas?

[Likely Voter]

Assume even if this gets to SCOTUS and it ends up in a tie, it will still only effect TX, LA and MS. So for this election voter ID laws in swing states still stand (although a judge in WI just overturned theirs).

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Assume even if this gets to SCOTUS and it ends up in a tie, it will still only effect TX, LA and MS. So for this election voter ID laws in swing states still stand (although a judge in WI just overturned theirs).

Is that for certain?

[MaxQue]

Assume even if this gets to SCOTUS and it ends up in a tie, it will still only effect TX, LA and MS. So for this election voter ID laws in swing states still stand (although a judge in WI just overturned theirs).

Is that for certain?

Tie means the lower court decision stands, but no precedent for the whole country.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Meh.

[ProudModerate2]

Wow.

[Virginiá]

Assume even if this gets to SCOTUS and it ends up in a tie, it will still only effect TX, LA and MS. So for this election voter ID laws in swing states still stand (although a judge in WI just overturned theirs).

Wasn't this ruling only applicable to the Texas voter id law? I haven't read the ruling, but I'm not sure if it was about their list of acceptable IDs being too narrow or that the idea of denying a ballot to those without an ID is discriminatory. If it's the latter, then that seems like it would apply to Louisiana and Mississippi.

Tossup Texas?

The main benefit of this will be for downballot races. Texas as a potential Clinton state is just a fantasy for this cycle, imo, unless Trump somehow ends up going down Goldwater-style.