Voter Suppression Setback in Wisconsin

The Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision has blocked implementation of Wisconsin's voter ID law, one of the most restrictive and prejudicial in the country.  The ID law would have effectively disenfranchised over 300,000 mainly minority registered voters who lack a state-issued card, including absentee voters who have already received their ballots in the mail.  Opponents successfully argued that by imposing the ID requirement just 36 days before the November elections, it would be impossible to issue those cards in order for already-registered voters to vote, and would result in chaos on election day.  The three Justices in the minority were -- not surprisingly -- the most reactionary Republicans on the bench: Scalia, Thomas, and Alito.

This is a setback for Wisconsin Governor and Koch employee Scott "Kochhead" Walker, who with his Rethug legislature has been trying mightily to select who they want to vote in November.  Hopefully, this shameful attempt at disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of registered Wisconsin voters will boomerang in November.

Here's a final editorial note or four.

BONUS:  Charles P. Pierce at Esquire.com adds, "I suspect this is what happens when you tear up the electoral system in an attempt to correct a non-existent problem because there are lots of people who aren't buying what you're selling, but that's just me."