NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6-3 vote, today declined to make it easier for tens of thousands

[demmiblue]

NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6-3 vote, today declined to make it easier for tens of thousands of convicted felons in Florida to vote if they haven't paid all their court fines, @PeteWilliamsNBC reports.

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[lagomorph777]

1. Desperately need to expand SCROTUS ASAP.

[dalton99a]

4. Absolutely.

[cbdo2007]

7. Or if we get control of everything we need to change all the laws we can.

[lagomorph777]

8. Both things. But unless we repair SCROTUS, they'll undo all the good work.

[dalton99a]

2. Further proof that this Supreme Court will do whatever it takes to maintain GOP supremacy.

[sl8]

3. Sotomayor dissent (pdf) :

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a1071_lkgn.pdf

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________
No. 19A1071
_________________
BONNIE RAYSOR, ET AL. v. RON DESANTIS,
GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY
[July 16, 2020]

The application to vacate stay presented to JUSTICE
THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG and
JUSTICE KAGAN join, dissenting from denial of application
to vacate stay.

This Court’s order prevents thousands of otherwise eligi-
ble voters from participating in Florida’s primary election
simply because they are poor. And it allows the Court of
Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to disrupt Florida’s elec-
tion process just days before the July 20 voter-registration
deadline for the August primary, even though a preliminary
injunction had been in place for nearly a year and a Federal
District Court had found the State’s pay-to-vote scheme un-
constitutional after an 8-day trial. I would grant the appli-
cation to vacate the Eleventh Circuit’s stay.

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[uponit7771]

5. Looks like the USSC folds to republicans every time when it comes to voting

[VMA131Marine]

6. There are other tweets that allude to the fact that ..

in many, perhaps most cases, the state of Florida cannot even determine how much these people owe and don’t have enough staff to figure it out.

[idziak4ever1234]

9. Maybe Bloomberg can pay the collective tab?

[MoonchildCA]

10. Oh my gosh. I was just about to post the same thing.

[diva77]

11. That would be money well spent, for sure.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. He could if he gave a shit about beating Trump.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Not only that, but this action puts tens of thousands of people at risk for prosecution because they

registered to vote on the basis of the stayed ruling. If they vote with unpaid fees, back into the system they go. But there's nothing in place to notify them of this issue.