The Chicago Way

Friday 23 December 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized

Tenth Amendment? What Tenth Amendment? The New York Times on a decision to use the Department of Justice to block a voting law in SC:

The Justice Department on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that would require voters to present photo identification, saying the law would disproportionately suppress turnout among eligible minority voters.

Since when the fuck can the federal executive branch block a law that was written and passed by a state legislature which only affects residents of said state without judicial overview? Simply put, this is fucked up, and completely goes against both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment. I guess it’s The Chicago Way to simply bully from the top when your underlings don’t meet your approval. There are avenues to address this law, assuming it’s a problem, that already exist. It’s called litigation. It is not for the Attorney General to interpret law; only to enforce it.

2011-12-23  »  madlibertarianguy