Appeals Court Rules Against Kansas Voter Restriction Championed By Kobach

[turbinetree]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Tierney Sneed
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April 29, 2020 11:12 a.m.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Kansas proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement in a decision issued Wednesday.

The appeals court backed the trial judge’s finding that the requirement, which was championed by then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), violated both the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act.

Read the opinion below:

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kansas-proof-of-citizenship-appeals-court-kobach

[NotHardly]

1. I left Kansas 25 yrs. ago precisely because of political idiots like Kobach & other such Republicans

Oh, and I have never looked back in regret

[dlk]

2. I should have left Kansas much sooner, myself

No regrets here, either.

[RVN VET71]

5. As Dorothy said to Toto

"Thank God we're not in Kansas anymore."

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Er..... not "really sure" that's what Dorothy said.............

but we sure do get the message now!

[Bengus81]

16. Sorry but there are idiot Republicans in EVERY State.....

KKKobach is a asshat that even most Republicans dislike. Our Dem Gov Laura Kelly is doing a hell of a job and Barbara Bollinger has a really good chance of winning a Senate seat of Pat Roberts IF the DNC will get behind her and help out.

I've lived here for almost 67 years and I've seen it worse politically...a LOT worse.

[reACTIONary]

18. What's the Matter with Kansas?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3F_(editorial)

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1876-1900/william-allen-white-whats-the-matter-with-kansas-august-16-1896.php

[lagomorph777]

3. So is it on its way to SCROTUS and Justice Beerbong?

[Coyote45]

4. Kobach

My wife and I raised two sons. One is a mechanical engineer. The other is a child psychiatrist. They both left Kansas and never looked back. As someone said in regard to all the closed restaurants, “Life is smaller and less colorful without restaurants – more Kansas than Oz.”

[summer_in_TX]

12. Well said.

Welcome to DU, Coyote45.

[Maxheader]

20. welcome to du..

Enjoy

[lastlib]

6. Well, there's a breath of less-rancid air.......

But I suspect it will remain rancid until every last repuglikan carcass is dragged off to the pit and covered with a dense mixture of soil and cement.

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Worthy of "notable quotes" .......................

"Well, there's a breath of less-rancid air.......but I suspect it will remain rancid until every last repuglikan carcass is dragged off to the pit and covered with a dense mixture of soil and cement."

DAMN, you've got a way with words!

And, yes, our work is not done until we have done the correct mixing of soil and cement - GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!

[lastlib]

10. GOTFV--the highest priority!!

We can't do the other until we've accomplished that! I sincerely hope I can contribute to that effort in some way, but it likely hinges on some family-health issues. Were it not for those, I would say to hell with everything else, and focus on defeating those rat-basturds in November, and making any survivors' lives hell until their times come. We have got to do it if we want to put our country on the path to something we and the world can be proud of. That's the ultimate goal, and if repuglikans continue to stand in the way, they may find themselves in that dense mixture. ---

(thanks for the compliment, btw!)

[Gothmog]

9. I had a great deal of fun following the trial in this case

This ruling makes me happy

Link to tweet

[MyOwnPeace]

11. It may be just this pic................

but, GAWD, does he look like he could be Stephen Miller's younger brother?
But then again, who'd be surprised??

[Varaddem]

19. Didn't the last judge cite him for contempt?

That was fun to follow. Between the ACLU and the judge I’m surprised the appeal was heard.
I still don’t understand why voter suppression ( civil rights violations )Does not result in jail time. Two years for each vote.I think that would work as a deterrent.

[Gothmog]

21. Yep

The state paid the fine but Kobach had to take a remedial trail advocacy course

[Gothmog]

13. Kobach is unhappy

Link to tweet

[Wednesdays]

15. Playing "Hearts and Flowers" on the world's tiniest violin

[TomSlick]

22. Through the years, I have come to a reasonable working definition of judicial activism.

Judicial activism: A judicial decision with which one disagrees.

The problem with my definition is that it works both ways. When SCOTUS issues an opinion with which I disagree (i.e. most SCOTUS opinions), I don't decry judicial activism. Instead I decry yet another blow to justice, the rule of law, or simple decency.

[diva77]

14. K&R!!!!

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. Talk about a face that is screaming out for a hard _ l _ p