In an unusual Saturday morning ruling, the Supreme Court allowed the voter ID law in Texas to be used in next month's elections. An injunction against the use of the law was lifted by a lower court and SCOTUS declined to reimpose it. Politico: Three justices — all Democratic appointees — publicly dissented from the decision to allow Texas to use the tougher voter ID standards in connection with the Nov. 4 election: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Writing for her two colleagues, Ginsburg said it was a mistake for the appeals court to step in and block the district court’s ruling after a full trial in which the judge concluded the voter ID law passed in 2011 would have a discriminatory impact and was intended to do so. “Senate Bill 14 replaced the previously existing voter identification requirements with the strictest regime in the country,” Ginsburg wrote. “The potential magnitude of racially...(Read Full Post)