Indiana

Can I See Some ID?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I was planning to write about the Indiana General Assembly this morning, however in quintessential lawmaker fashion those people can’t get their act together so they recessed last night won’t be back until Wednesday.   In the meanwhile, there’s nothing like a little blogging about voter ID.

I was going to spend some time talking about the questions asked by the Indiana Supreme Court Justices, how both sides responded,  and proffer a theory on how the Court would rule.   But then it dawned on me, it really doesn’t matter what the Court does,  voter ID will still be the law of the land.

Here’s why.  If the Court upholds Voter ID, say by a 3-2, it’s still the law.  If the Court remands the case back to the trial Court, Voter ID is still the law of the land.   And if the Court decides to overturn the Voter ID law, Indiana lawmakers will just pass it again next year.

Confused?  You shouldn’t be.  When the Voter ID lawsuit was originally filed a couple years ago, the belief was that the Courts would overturn the law and since Democrats controlled the House of Representatives, it wouldn’t see the light of day and that would be the end of the discussion.

Fast forward to 2010 where Republicans have a pretty good chance of taking the House back, 55-45 by my last count, and guess what?  Voter ID will pass and to make life even more interesting, it will be a tighter version to meet whatever Constitutional shortfall the Supremes rule exist.S

So at the end of the day, Voter ID will be the law of the land, it’s just a matter of how it happens.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).