Today's 5th Circuit decision on Texas absentee voting calls right to vote by mail a "privilege" several times.
What happened to the constitutional right to vote?
(Hint: it's supremely devalued by narrow fed court rulings that unduly defer to states.) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7245…
What happened to the constitutional right to vote?
(Hint: it's supremely devalued by narrow fed court rulings that unduly defer to states.) assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7245…
Reading this opinion makes is abundantly clear that this court does not believe there is a fundamental, individual right to vote enshrined within the U.S. Constitution. The court rejects all claims of a burden on individual voters.
Shorter 5th Circuit: your ballot may be thrown out for a signature mismatch, but too bad so sad, it doesn't matter that you've lost your right to vote!
The harm done in Crawford, the 2008 voter ID case, is immeasurable. Courts are using that case not only to uphold stricter and stricter photo ID laws but also to uphold basically any regulation of the voting process in the name of generic "election integrity" concerns.
🚨5th Cir: "It is well established that the electoral process poses a risk of fraud."
Well established by whom? Where's the evidence?
Well established by whom? Where's the evidence?
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