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Politics : The Supreme Court, All Right or All Wrong? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (2397)	12/30/2007 11:09:14 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3029

I would expect the Supreme Court to come down on the side of Indiana. It may be that one of the reasons that the Court actually agreed to hear the case is that they want to re-emphasize their prior rulings in this area. The Supreme Court made it clear in a 1992 case involving write-in candidates in Hawaii that states have leeway in regulating the voting process. Subjecting every restriction to constitutional "strict scrutiny" standards would conflict with the states' ability to run efficient elections, the court said. I do appreciate the political sensitivities, and there is no question in my mind that the requirement probably hurts the Democrats more than the Republicans, but that is not the issue. I am confident that Illinois won't be enacting voter ID legislation in my lifetime.