Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
May 16, 2008
A Blow to Democracy
The Supreme Court's affirmation of a voter ID law is an open invitation to state legislatures across the country to devise requirements to keep members of the other political party from being able to vote, writes Erwin Chemerinsky. - Forum Column
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
By Erwin Chemerinsky
This article appears on Page 6
May a state government impose a restriction on voting that will keep tens of thousands of eligible voters, especially poorer voters, from casting ballots without any evidence that this is necessary to prevent fraud? The answer should be clear that such a limit is unconstitutional. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's ruling in Crawford v. Marion County E...
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