A Republican judge in Pennsylvania just refused to grant a preliminary injunction against the state’s Voter ID black/brown disenfranchisement bill, despite the fact that the government stipulated that no fraud has occurred in the state, that they know of no fraud that has occurred in other states, and that they have no expectation that any voter fraud will occur in this November’s election. It will be appealed, of course.
“We’re not done, it’s not over,” said Witold J. Walczak, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who helped argue the case for the plaintiffs. “It’s why they make appeals courts.”
This stuff is beginning to test my faith in the basic fairness of the political system. Civil disobedience cannot be far behind.
