Wisconsin State Supreme Court engage in some extreme Judicial Activism to save voter id law

[Gothmog]

2. Some of this is to be determined

First, this may be an exercise in futility in that the law is still subject to an injunction in federal court and the DOJ just filed a rather well written amicus brief in that case. I will post links to the brief later (DU is not allowing me to cut and paste this minute). The evidence that going to the Department of Transportation offices is a burden is one of the basis for the Section 2 claim under the Voting Rights Act and the equal protection claim under the 14th Amendment. The Wisconsin law will never go into effect unless the 7th Cir. or the SCOTUS reverse the opinion of the federal judge in this case and that opinion is well written. In the Texas voter id case, the experts for the Department of Justice are documenting the costs of getting free ids for both the Section 2 claim and the equal protection claim under the 14th Amendment.

Second, I assume that there will be a form for the waiver prepared so that the voters will not have to do anything but sign the request. That is what is suppose to be happening in South Carolina. I believe that the voter will have to go to the DOT offices to get his/her picture taken for the free id. The opinion seems to state that this is not a burden. Again, this is only an issue if the federal injunction is lifted.

The language in the Wisconsin state supreme court opinion is good for the Texas voter id case on the poll tax issue.

I hope that this helps.