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Funny, but the three stupid ones oppose having only legal voters vote. There are probably more than five million illegals voting in EVERY electiion in Democrat run districts. That's why Obama appointed kagan and sotomayor. Sinply not qualified.

States imposing voting restrictions have the burden to show that there is voter fraud that necessitates these restrictions. It is an inconvenient burden for xenophobes who support voter suppression.

Media complains about the conservative justices voting in lockstep. But over the past several years, I always read where it is the conservatives who are split on the issues. Justice Roberts votes for Obamacare is a perfect example. The liberals Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, all vote in lockstep and never seem to split their vote. So it's the conservatives who have an open mind on issues, not the liberals.

cootoriginal writes: So it's the conservatives who have an open mind on issues, not the liberals ... Stop, please, I'll split a gut laughing if I have to read much more of this. Yeah, sure, the conservatives have really been open minded about health care. Please. By the way, what Roberts understood was that the court's reputation hung in the balance if they declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Virtually every legal scholar across the nation would have recognized the court had gone rogue in a grotesque overreach of power. Reduced to a right wing kangaroo court, the reputation of the Robert's Court wouldn't have been worth a plug nickel. Roberts certainly wasn't going to let Scalia hang that albatross around his neck.

The Arizona law requires simple documentary proof of citizenship. Federal law already requires people provide proof of identity to board an airplane, get a passport, or start work at a new job. Photo ID is also required when renting a car, purchasing alcohol, cashing a check, etc. Democrats oppose additional restrictions because they are more likely to benefit from voter fraud than be harmed by it. There are few rights that are valued as dearly as the right to the universal franchise. Wars have been fought to secure it and wars have been fought to protect it. People have died defending it and they have died trying to make sure it was extended to others. The American people value the integrity of their elections, and they overwhelmingly support voter ID and other requirements to make sure that Election Day is as fair, honest, and legal as possible.

Providing proof if identity and a background check only makes sense for something as deadly as voting. That would included a citizenship check. Having said that I see a need to elections laws to be dictated for everyone at the federal level. there is no way we can compare apples to apples in federal election, or others between states, if every state can write it's own rules. It's probably a constitutional issue that will require another amendment.