Does your state require a photo ID to vote? Don't vote!

[Ack]

That said, I thought the Civil Rights Act required any of these sorts of changes in Southern States be subjected to federal oversight before they are cleared.

Not anymore!

Considering the circumstances, I always understood why that law was in place, but I never did like that portion of the Civil Rights Act. I always thought it was silly and sent the wrong message.

[mjmjr25]

I did not read Judge Posners report. I won't read his blogs or any of his rulings. While he's certainly bright (many are), he is a defeatist and at times in my opinion, a very dangerous person and I think the post below...

Judge Posner is a brilliant, conservative jurist, and even he recognizes the perniciousness of Wisconsin's law.

...is the first time he's been called conservative in 20 years.

He was appointed by Ronald Reagan, but he is probably more of a "libertarian" than a "conservative" in the modern sense.

...Reagan? Like I said...the last 20 years...maybe closer to 30.

Someone who's issued rulings in favor of late-term abortion and has offered opinions that are pro-legalization of LSD, pro-gay marriage, and suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans (I believe we call this slavery) as opposed to trying to disrupt human smuggling markets --- is not what we'd classify as a conservative. Libertarian is pushing it too. I'll accept liberal libertarian...which is exactly the type of person i'd expect to suggest an ID isn't necessary to vote.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Someone who's issued rulings in favor of late-term abortion and has offered opinions that are pro-legalization of LSD, pro-gay marriage, and suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans (I believe we call this slavery) as opposed to trying to disrupt human smuggling markets --- is not what we'd classify as a conservative. Libertarian is pushing it too. I'll accept liberal libertarian...which is exactly the type of person i'd expect to suggest an ID isn't necessary to vote.

OK

Also, an ID isn't necessary to vote. I have cast multiple ballots without one.

[dsheinem]

suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans

wut

[prfsnl_gmr]

suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans

wut

This is a misinterpetation of a law review article that Judge Posner co-authored before Ronald Reagan appointed him to the federal bench.

Judge Posner is not one to jettison his free-market, libertarian beliefs so that that they align with the Republican party's platform on social issues. Accordingly, he often takes a lot of heat for not being a "true" conservative.

EDIT: Here is a discussion of the article on The Libertarian Standard.

[ninjainspandex]

Someone who's issued rulings in favor of late-term abortion and has offered opinions that are pro-legalization of LSD, pro-gay marriage, and suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans (I believe we call this slavery) as opposed to trying to disrupt human smuggling markets --- is not what we'd classify as a conservative. Libertarian is pushing it too. I'll accept liberal libertarian...which is exactly the type of person i'd expect to suggest an ID isn't necessary to vote.

OK

Also, an ID isn't necessary to vote. I have cast multiple ballots without one.

all in the same election

[prfsnl_gmr]

all in the same election

Touche.

[Ack]

all in the same election

Touche.

That's ok. My dead relatives vote Democrat.

[Forlorn Drifter]

You would suggest that the working poor work...the perfect schedule...full-time? Mon-Fri 9a-5p? Seriously. Read what you wrote and tell me you aren't seriously suggesting that. Isn't the normal line that the working poor have to work the jobs and hours the more fortunate won't work? ie, overnights, off shift, weekends and holidays.

"Full time" is kind of an incorrect term, as it means different things to different companies. Especially since everybody wants to bring this back to racism and the like, looking at many southern states, there's a lot of "full time" jobs that don't have 9-5 hours. Mine work, a big thing in Appalachia, tends to have longer hours and a full night shift, since daylight isn't a factor. Factory jobs can really differentiate in their hours too, along with skilled labor like machining and such. (My Dad was a "full time" machinist for many years, and worked the night shift, 10pm-6am.)

On the discussion of whether or not the judge is libertarian- I haven't heard anything yet that makes him not libertarian. The libertarian party or idealism is hard to describe because it can vary so much, but tends to be economically conservative, (not sure if that's the right term, I mean to say they lean more towards capitalism) but socially liberal. Legalization of drugs is a common theme in Libertarian groups. Abortion is very split within the party, and there is no "official" stance on it.

[MrPopo]

suggests we should create a market for the buying of humans

wut

Isn't that called an orphanage?