Friday, June 21, 2013

The Supreme Court Decision on Citizen Ship-Verification: A big loss for the left

H/T Joel 2013
..Before the decision this is what the left wanted: 
● Invalidation of Arizona’s requirement that those submitting a federal form provide proof of citizenship with their federal form. Mind you, the citizenship-proof requirement is NOT part of federal law and the Election Assistance Commission does NOT require it in the form they drafted. 
● Invalidation of state citizenship-verification requirements when a state voter registration form is used (yes, such forms exist separate from the federal requirement) on the basis of federal preemption. They wanted the Arizona case to invalidate all state citizenship-verification requirements. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/assets_c/2013/06/arizona-voters-ap-cropped-proto-custom_28.jpg 
● Automatic registration if a registrant submits a completed federal EAC approved registration form, no questions asked. 
● Federal preemption on the ability for states to have customized federal EAC-approved forms that differed from the default EAC form. 
● Federal preemption over states, like Florida and Kansas, looking for independent information on citizenship to root out noncitizens from the voter rolls. Again, the Left wanted the federal EAC form to be the no-questions-asked ticket to the voter rolls.
Reality Check time. This is what they got:
..The decision today uncorks state power. The Left wanted state power stripped and they lost. 
First, Arizona can simply push the state forms in all state offices and online, and keep those federal forms in the back room gathering dust. When you submit a state form, you have to prove citizenship. Thanks to Justice Scalia, that option is perfectly acceptable. Loss for the Left. Victory for election integrity. 
You might say, “That’s a small victory.” Nonsense. This was the whole ballgame to the groups pushing the Arizona lawsuit. They lost, period...
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2 comments:

BOSMAN said...

This is a great read. If what J. Christian Adams says is true, then Scalia actually did Arizona a favor.

RomneyMan said...

Agreed. Very interesting piece.