In a ruling issued on Saturday, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to continue using its strict voter identification law for the November election. This court order was issued after 5 AM, did not provide any reasoning and was unsigned. In response to the Supreme Court’s decision, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a six-page dissent claiming that the court’s ruling effectively: “risks denying … [Read more...]
Judge Ruling Block Voter ID Laws in Texas and Wisconsin
After likening Texas’ strict voter ID prerequisites to a poll tax deliberately created to suppress minority voter turnout, a federal judge struck it down a month before Election Day, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court also blocked a similar law in Wisconsin. These twin rulings represent a significant blow to the Republican-supported voter identification rules that have swept the nation and … [Read more...]
Workers Labor Group Attempts to Raise Minimum Wage in Wisconsin
A labor group attempted to strong-arm Gov. Scott Walker to increase Wisconsin’s minimum wage using a little-known clause in the state’s law. Curiously enough, the complaints that have been filed not only by the liberal Wisconsin Jobs Now but also by 100 workers and come one month and a half before the November elections, are very likely to succeed. Gov. Walker, Republican, has been opposed to … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Gay Marriage Ban Invalidated in US Court
The United States court of appeals finally ruled against the bans against gay marriage in Wisconsin and Indiana. According to the U.S. appeals court, such bans are unconstitutional and therefore invalid. On Thursday, a three judge panel from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago made their ruling public and unanimously declared that bans against same-sex couples were in violation of the … [Read more...]