So this news is actually a mixed bag. In the short term, it's likely a major victory but I completely understand the apprehension the commenters are putting out there.
The reason this is a short term victory is that this ruling prevents entities like ActBlue, Media Matters and the literally dozens of leftist/communist outlets that would immediately sue the hell out of any city that did anything close to implementing something like voter id.
These groups have been so litigious, a lot of cities didn't want to do anything to secure their elections for fear of having one of these extremely well-funded groups drag them into court.
That being said, folks are absolutely right here in the comments that it's very concerning that the ruling states that only the federal government can sue on perceived violations of the voting rights act.
But at least in the short term based on what's been happening for the past 2 decades, this is a massive victory.
EDIT: Item I neglected to mention: If you go on twatter/X and search for this ruling, you will see high profile Leftist accounts completely losing their shit over this ruling. Of course, they're not telling their readers the real reason this is so bad for the Dems. It's all under the umbrella of "Minorities will be disenfranchised". So their panic should tell you something right there.
So this news is actually a mixed bag. In the short term, it's likely a victory but I completely understand the apprehension the commenters are putting out there.
The reason this is a short term victory is that this ruling prevents entities like ActBlue, Media Matters and the literally dozens of leftist/communist outlets that would immediately sue the hell out of any city that did anything close to implementing something like voter id.
These groups have been so litigious, a lot of cities didn't want to do anything to secure their elections for fear of having one of these extremely well-funded groups drag them into court.
That being said, folks are absolutely right here in the comments that it's very concerning that the ruling states that only the federal government can sue on perceived violations of the voting rights act.
But at least in the short term based on what's been happening for the past 2 decades, this is a massive victory.
EDIT: Item I neglected to mention: If you go on twatter/X and search for this ruling, you will see high profile Leftist accounts completely losing their shit over this ruling. Of course, they're not telling their readers the real reason this is so bad for the Dems. It's all under the umbrella of "Minorities will be disenfranchised". So their panic should tell you something right there.
So this news is actually a mixed bag. In the short term, it's likely a victory but I completely understand the apprehension the commenters are putting out there.
The reason this is a short term victory is that this ruling prevents entities like ActBlue, Media Matters and the literally dozens of leftist/communist outlets that would immediately sue the hell out of any city that did anything close to implementing something like voter id.
These groups have been so litigious, a lot of cities didn't want to do anything to secure their elections for fear of having one of these extremely well-funded groups drag them into court.
That being said, folks are absolutely right here in the comments that it's very concerning that the ruling states that only the federal government can sue on perceived violations of the voting rights act.
But at least in the short term based on what's been happening for the past 2 decades, this is a massive victory.