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"High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID; 6-3 Ruling Calls Measure Reasonable to Fight Fraud"

"High Court Upholds Indiana Law On Voter ID; 6-3 Ruling Calls Measure Reasonable to Fight Fraud": Robert Barnes has this front page article today in The Washington Post. The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Carded at the Polls: Indiana's voter ID law is ruled constitutional; it's still a bad solution to a nonproblem."

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage reports that "Voter ID law upheld; The high court's ruling that a photo can be required is a victory for Republicans." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Supreme Court OKs voter ID: By upholding the Indiana law, the court tarnishes its record of promoting democracy."

In USA Today, Joan Biskupic and Richard Wolf report that "Ruling may spur more voter ID laws; Justices uphold Indiana photo requirement."

James Oliphant of The Chicago Tribune reports that "Indiana voter ID ruling is victory for GOP; Critics fear open door to partisan election rules."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "U.S. high court upholds voter photo I.D.; Monday's ruling gives a green light to aggressive antifraud efforts often favored by the GOP."

The Boston Globe reports that "Supreme Court upholds voter ID law; Justices say states can make checks at polling places."

law.com's Tony Mauro reports that "Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law."

The Washington Times reports that "Court upholds requisite ID at voter polls."

The Indianapolis Star reports that "High court lets state voter ID law stand; 6-3 decision could pave way for similar rules across U.S."

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that "Supreme Court backs Indiana's photo ID law for voters; Justices: Photo rule no big burden."

The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports that "Voter ID law upheld by justices; Decision avoids rush to rewrite statute before May 6 primary."

The Times of Munster, Indiana reports that "U.S. Supreme Court upholds Voter ID Law."

Yesterday evening's broadcast of the PBS program "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" contained a segment entitled "Ruling on Voter ID Law May Spur Tighter State Regulation" (transcript with links to audio and video) featuring Marcia Coyle.

From National Public Radio, today's broadcast of "Morning Edition" contained an audio segment entitled "Supreme Court Upholds Indiana's Voter ID Law" featuring Nina Totenberg. Yesterday evening's broadcast of "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "High Court Supports Indiana Voter ID Law" also featuring Nina Totenberg. And yesterday's broadcast of "Day to Day" contained an audio segment entitled "Supreme Court Approves Voter ID Requirement" featuring Dahlia Lithwick. RealPlayer is required to launch these audio segments.

In commentary, The New York Times contains an editorial entitled "The Court Fumbles on Voting Rights."

Finally, The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial entitled "Photo Finish," while John Fund has an op-ed entitled "A Victory Against Voter Fraud."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 29, 2008 (boomark / email).