Tea Party Threatens Revenge Against Pennsylvania Justices For Not Upholding Voter ID Law

[SunsetDreams]

Earlier this week, every single sitting Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice rejected a lower court decision allowing that state’s voter ID law to take effect. Four justices joined a majority opinion requiring the lower court judge to look at the case again due to concerns that voters were unable to obtain the IDs they were supposed to have easy access to as a matter of law, and two more justices joined a dissent arguing that the law should simply be suspended right away. Three of the justices in the majority were Republicans.

Nevertheless, a Tea Party group is now threatening to exact revenge upon the state supreme court for refusing to uphold a law that prevents many low-income, student and minority voters from casting a ballot:

A Philadelphia-area tea party group says it will work to defeat two state Supreme Court justices next year if the state’s new voter identification law isn’t in effect for the Nov. 6 election.

The Independence Hall Tea Party on Thursday also criticized the court’s decision to send a legal challenge to the law back for a lower court review.

It called the decision “a cowardly move” to “punt the ball.”

Chief Justice Ronald Castille, a Republican, and Justice Max Baer, a Democrat, are each finishing a 10-year term in January 2014.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/09/21/887711/tea-party-threatens-revenge-against-pennsylvania-justices-for-not-upholding-voter-id-law/

Tea Party and the GOP think they can bend the law to suit their purposes.

[malaise]

1. Great - send this everywhere

I thought these effing scumbag ReTHUGs claimed to uphold the Constitution.
Looks more like my way or the highway - fugging THUGS

[jberryhill]

2. The Teaparty Constitution doesn't include Article III

[atreides1]

4. The Teaparty Constitution is a work in progress!

And by the time it's completed...it'll consist of one page with their version of the preamble!

[randome]

3. To be fair, the Tea Party isn't 'bending the law'. They're stupid and short-sighted...

...but they have the right to campaign for or against anyone they want.

The entire voter ID debacle will backfire soon, I think.

[Maraya1969]

5. They know they are losing big on their merits and they only chance they have is voter suppression

and justice oppression I suppose.

This should have more recs I think.