On August 1, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland, a Bush Jr. appointee, enjoined the new stricter North Dakota law on voters at the polls. The injunction requires the state to allow voters without the correct form of government photo-ID to be allowed to vote anyway, if they sign under penalty of perjury that they cannot obtain the correct type of ID, or if they produce other forms of ID that were allowed before the law changed in 2013 and 2015.
The decision is Brakebill v Jaeger, 1:16cv-008. It is 29 pages. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
One wonders how close we are to having a state ignore a federal judge for something significant like this. Would Obama send in US Marshals to conduct the election? I doubt it, even in the face of immense pressure from the DOJ.
Each State is a sovereign NATION-STATE.
1776 DOI last para.
1777 Arts. Confed.
1783 USA-Brit Peace Treaty
1787 Const esp Art. VII — the Const mainly added complete executive and judicial powers to the USA FEDERAL regime.
States PLURAL in all 4 items.
i.e. Election law 0000001 — Each State defines its Electors-Voters — with required legal proof of being a qualified Elector.
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Longer term — USA Const Amdt to have a UNIFORM definition of Elector-Voter in ALL of the USA.