tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post5403004322571780763..comments2024-03-28T13:22:19.837-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: Democracy in Wisconsin Comes with a Price TagPa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-37807186228551032982011-09-10T10:01:44.578-07:002011-09-10T10:01:44.578-07:00Not much to add to a really good comment.
The folk...Not much to add to a really good comment.<br />The folks who voted for Walker and his crew are undoubtedly similar to those who cheered for executions during the most recent Republican debate. And they cheered the man who refused to open the case of a man (Cameron Willingham) who was obviously convicted and executed on the basis of junk arson science.<br />I cannot even begin to imagine the feelings of a man about to die for something he didn't do. And yet our low-information voters (it's the kindest tag I can give them) persist in electing people like Perry. And Palin. And Bachmann. And Romney. Then, they raise statues to Karl Rove -- without whose satanic tactics the entire deck of cards might have collapsed.Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-27460109642924386352011-09-09T04:48:16.529-07:002011-09-09T04:48:16.529-07:00Good to know about this tactic, especially since K...Good to know about this tactic, especially since Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach seems to be the alleged brain behind these types of schemes. Kansas has a similar law now.<br /><br />Kobach's legal strategies keep running into the problem of Federal Preemption. Sure, the states can co-regulate, to further legitimate ends. Voter suppression isn't a legitimate end.<br /> <br />To date a person's economic status has not been considered to be a suspect category requiring strict scrutiny analysis by the courts.<br /><br />Laws like these may provide the impetus to add poverty as a basis for bringing a civil rights case where a fundamental right is being impinged.<br /><br />In my opinion voter identification laws should begin with a presumption of voter validity, with the onus being on the election official or an aggrieved party to make the case that particular voters were not duly qualified to cast a ballot. <br /><br />We already have a remedy for overturning fraudulent elections. It comes in the form of one of the Great Writs, it is called Quo Warranto.<br /> <br />You open up an excellent question if whether the Wisconsin statute while being de jure neutral on a violation of the Twenty Fourth Amendment nevertheless is unconstitutional because of de facto violations.<br /><br />If the Rotary Club was privy to the Gestapo like tactics and Ryan's Goon Squad, they may be eligible for losing their tax exempt status under 26 U.S.C. §501 (c)(4)(a). Ryan, the police, and the Goons may be amenable to suit under the civil rights act 42 U.S.C. §1983.<br /> <br />You sure ain't going to out Tea Party Town Hall those who wrote the book on wreaking havoc on civic meetings.Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com