Monday, October 21, 2013
A 19th Amendment issue over voter ID in Texas.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-palombo/what-19th-amendment_b_4124137.html
Adding another wrinkle to the plan, women in Texas must show original documents of the name change: a marriage certificate, a divorce certificate, or a court-ordered name change certificate -- and no photocopies are allowed.
Not a filed case yet, just an issue. I wonder what the standard of review is in 19th Amendment cases. Aside from 1937 Breedlove v Suttles, somewhat discredited over time, there don't seem to be any Supreme Court cases about it. So somebody could get a footnote in the history books challenging Texas's voter ID on 19th A. grounds.
here are blog posts making the same points.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/how_texas_voter_id_laws_affect_women_20131019
http://www.policymic.com/articles/67635/texas-new-voter-id-laws-may-roll-back-women-s-voting-rights
but see http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_e552d95a-3b69-11e3-9990-0019bb30f31a.html
also more coverage of the posner-stevens comments at nuvo
http://www.nuvo.net/NewsBlog/archives/2013/10/21/errors-on-indiana-voter-id-case#.UmV7zvlQER4
and scotusblog http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/friday-round-up-198/
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/monday-round-up-190/
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-palombo/what-19th-amendment_b_4124137.html
Adding another wrinkle to the plan, women in Texas must show original documents of the name change: a marriage certificate, a divorce certificate, or a court-ordered name change certificate -- and no photocopies are allowed.
Not a filed case yet, just an issue. I wonder what the standard of review is in 19th Amendment cases. Aside from 1937 Breedlove v Suttles, somewhat discredited over time, there don't seem to be any Supreme Court cases about it. So somebody could get a footnote in the history books challenging Texas's voter ID on 19th A. grounds.
here are blog posts making the same points.
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/how_texas_voter_id_laws_affect_women_20131019
http://www.policymic.com/articles/67635/texas-new-voter-id-laws-may-roll-back-women-s-voting-rights
but see http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_e552d95a-3b69-11e3-9990-0019bb30f31a.html
also more coverage of the posner-stevens comments at nuvo
http://www.nuvo.net/NewsBlog/archives/2013/10/21/errors-on-indiana-voter-id-case#.UmV7zvlQER4
and scotusblog http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/friday-round-up-198/
http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/monday-round-up-190/
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