Saturday, October 04, 2014

The Supreme Court's First Decision In Its New Term Is A Decision Making It Harder To Vote

[I have a strong belief in a democratic form of government. Perhaps I'll be proven wrong someday, but I do believe a time will come when Americans will reverse course and this Supreme Court will be viewed as one of the biggest failures in our system for all time. - Bozo]
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by Ian Millhiser
Posted on September 29, 2014 at 4:20 pm
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On Monday, the Supreme Court returned from its summer vacation for the "Long Conference," the day when the justices consider the backlog of petitions asking them to hear cases that built up while they were away for the summer. Yet, despite the fact that the justices typically face hundreds of petitions that they must consider during this conference, five of them still found time on Monday to make it harder for Ohio residents to cast a vote. In a 5-4 decision that divided entirely along partisan lines, the Court allowed cuts to Ohio's early voting days to go into effect. Notably, this decision came down just 16 hours before polling places were set to open in that state.
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