tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post8773712011063788198..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Greg Abbott is either incompetent or defiantly ignorantPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-8551238254760643692012-05-09T17:38:53.733-05:002012-05-09T17:38:53.733-05:00That was one state and one law. The rights of stat...That was one state and one law. The rights of states to craft their own laws -- and the constitutionality implied -- have to be weighed individually. As you have read, AG Abbott is screwing his chance up.<br /><br />Don't worry; I'm sure a still-significant Republican majority in the Texas Lege will take a run at fixing it in 2013 so that even Abbott can't fuck it up.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-27239445423873326252012-05-09T05:19:13.160-05:002012-05-09T05:19:13.160-05:00Let's clarify -- voter id laws were upheld by ...Let's clarify -- voter id laws were upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2008 (my apology for my earlier typo) as a legitimate and constitutional way of protecting the integrity of elections -- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24351798/ns/politics/t/supreme-court-upholds-voter-id-law/#.T6pEX8U2f41<br /><br />The challenge to this law ought therefore have been dismissed as at odds with the Constitution.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164118803445903585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-20722612021564037102012-05-09T04:29:11.727-05:002012-05-09T04:29:11.727-05:00What rules and which laws?What rules and which laws?PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-64673915042208240292012-05-08T17:58:55.047-05:002012-05-08T17:58:55.047-05:00If the rules were being followed, the challenge wo...If the rules were being followed, the challenge would be dismissed. The Supreme Court ruled such laws acceptable in 2006.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164118803445903585noreply@blogger.com