States have the right to determine who can vote in federal or local elections.
The Supreme Court is in clear violation of the Constitution here.
We are living in a lawless country folks!
In a stunning ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down an Arizona law requiring voters to present citizenship proof to register in state and federal elections.
The law clears the way to illegal alien undocumented immigrants voting in national elections without substantive means of preventing it for many states. The highest court in the land ruled 7-2 that federal law “precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself,” as Justice Scalia wrote. Professor Tom Caso of the Chapman University School of Law in California told the Associated Press that the decision “opened the door” to noncitizen voting.
“The court’s decision ignores the clear dictates of the Constitution in favor of bureaucratic red tape,” Caso said. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from the court’s ruling.
The Constitution “authorizes states to determine the qualifications of voters in federal elections, which necessarily includes the related power to determine whether those qualifications are satisfied,” Thomas wrote in his dissent.
It will be interesting to see how the Democrats who argue that requiring proof of citizenship is a needless burden on their “vulnerable” constituents will be able to maintain that mendacious line when Obamacare documentation requirements are added to IRS reporting next year. Is that not a burden on “vulnerable” constituencies?
The Constitution should be the law over any court ruling. It is there to protect the people and no court should be allowed to violate that trust!!!! The Constitution should be followed above all rulings!!!!
The Constitution is the law, period. It should be given jurisdiction over any court ruling.
Oh my goodness…is this really true? I heard someone mention it and I thought it was a joke. Wow. Unbelievable. This is wrong on soooo many levels. What is wrong with our effing Supreme Court? What is wrong with America?No wonder why Trump doesn’t want to give up. He has to stand up for America. It’s sad because he’s our only hope (I really like Pence too). Trump may not be perfect, but he’s pro-America and is against illegal immigration. Wait, our votes would not matter then when there are millions of illegal immigrants voting. This makes me sick to my stomach. Not only are they breaking the law by entering our country illegally and do not deserve citizenship rights, they can barely read and understand English. America is no longer a fair and just nation. I pray to God to change our hopeless nature and make America great again.
This is all the more reason why it is extremely urgent that article 5 of the United States Constitution, to amend and revise the United States need to be convened ASAP. This is insane.
That should read “revise and amend the US Constitution “.
If people break the immigration law and enter in to the United States they are not entitled to anything…
NOTHING!! They are committing a felony by breaching our border.. we need to enforce physically if necessary, the literal borders of our country. FURTHERMORE the president of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA has the sworn duty to uphold the laws of this land.. President OBAMA has failed miserably for 7 and 1/2 years and therefore should be impeached immediately. If Iurvoresidentcfoes not enforce the Law no one will and we are on the way to ruin.
Tell that to the governor and senators and attorney general of California. They will just laugh.
Robert, although I don’t support providing support for people who enter this country illegally I have to correct you. It is not a felony to enter this country illegally. I think it should be and have written congressional members asking for this to be changed. I would encourage everyone who is like minded to right and request the same of their Congressional members. To determine if a act is a felony or not you must look at the punishments that can be levied and currently they do not meet the criteria. However, if Congress would pass legislation raising the fines and or prison sentences they could be considered felonies. I suspect congressional members are afraid to pass such legislation since it has been reported that some of them hire these folks to work for them. If it was found they did hire them and that these people were felons than the members could be charged with aiding and abetting in a felony.
The title “Supreme Court: States Cannot Prevent Illegal Aliens from Voting in U.S. Elections” is flat out wrong. It’s click-bait.
The supreme court didn’t say that states must allow illegals to vote. Or that states can’t prevent illegals from voting. It’s still a felony for illegals to vote in federal elections.
All they said was that states can’t require people to bring proof of citizenship to vote. As a citizen, I don’t want to have to prove I’m a citizen. I mean, if it was as easy as a fingerprint, sure. But if I have to go through a bunch of paperwork that hopefully I can find by election day to prove that I’m a citizen, I’m slightly less likely to turn up. And this slight difference in citizen turnout is the problem. In fact, it would likely turn away more US citizens that it prevents illegals from voting.
You can split hairs all you want, the fact remains that if states cannot require proof of citizenship in a large number of cases they cannot stop non-citizens from registering and voting. It’s time for a federal law mandating proof of citizenship for ALL registered voters current and future. It’s coming under the Trump administration. Better go find your birth certificate or whatever proof you have. Once implemented I will bet that millions of voters disappear off CA and other voter registration rolls.
FYI-obastard WON all the states that didn’t require ID and LOST all the states that did. you are an idiot, there’s nothing wrong with demanding ID to vote and it’s just plain stupid not to produce it.
Where does it say in the Constitution that voting rights implies you should not have any slight inconvenience exercising that right. I vote and if that requires some insignificant inconvenience – so be it, Even one fraudulent vote is too many. it nullifies a proper legal vote.
Just bring your id which should cover all bases. First time and newly registered voters should absolutely be required to show id which matches the info on the voter registration/election day sign in sheet. These newly registered and first timers should have their voter book entry clearly identified as requiring ID.
Hey Bruce, I guess you don’t read very well. Arizona did not want to require them to prove it when they voted but when they Registered to vote. That is slightly different from what you said. Their are other times people are required to prove citizenship so why not when they register to vote?
The government requires proof of citizenship for a passport, ie: a birth certificate, etc. I have a passport but if they would make the cost more reasonable and every citizen had one and you had to show it when voting like you do at the airport, that would be great as I do not believe illegals have a right to vote in this country. Why should they? Why would I want a vote in their country. I am an American and don’t want to vote anywhere else.
You don’t need a PASSPORT to prove US citizenship , All you need is a US Drivers License and there in lays the problem if California giver CA Drivers Licenses to Illegal aliens . Over three Million illegals vote in the 2016 presidential election from California ! It is the main reason that Hillary Rotten Clinton got the popular vote ! Thank God for the Electoral Collage and the 306 electoral votes President Donald J. Trump received Nov. 2016 .
I pay taxes here and provide the federal government my portion of the millions of tax revenue generated by actual citizens of the United States of America. Why would I think that it’s alright for an individual who has never lived here and has no intrest in making America a better place vote.
Anything to serve and help the International interloper Banksters who own and enslaved this country. This is the reason you pay “interest” to the banks and the FED, income and property and sales taxes and the pay the National Debt that is piled on with the help of corrupt politicians.
This is the kind of selective “journalism” our fellow Trumpatriots and Trumpeteers thrive on, and the only kinds of articles these individuals will read. This particular article was created to contain false information, specifically designed to incite the oblivious, gullible masses… which is clearly what it has done, given the very ignorant (especially the first comment), very uneducated buffoons who offer their genial comments below the article. Wow!