Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen has vowed to head back to the U.S. Supreme Court after a 9th Circuit panel ruled against an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.
“It’s a new year, but we have the same, old 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, playing familiar games of judicial activism,” Petersen, a Republican, said Monday about the San Francisco-based court’s ruling last week against House Bill 2493, passed in 2022.
Petersen said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is trying to overturn last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Arizona in Mi Familia Vota v. Warren Petersen. The 5-4 ruling in August came three weeks after Petersen filed an emergency stay application with the court. Justices in the majority agreed with Petersen that Arizona can reject voter registration forms that don’t include proof of citizenship.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling was the last legal order in the case until last week’s 9th Circuit decision contradicting the nation’s highest court, according to Petersen.
“This radicalism undermines confidence in our judicial system, and it has negative consequences for the fabric of our Republic,” Petersen said in a statement. “Legislative Republicans are already working to return to the Supreme Court in defense of Arizona election integrity, and we intend to win.”
Federal law doesn’t require proof of citizenship to vote.
Scott Mussi, president of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, blasted the 9th Circuit’s ruling against requiring proof of citizenship to vote. In a news release, Mussi called the decision “outrageous and unprecedented.”
“After months of legal wrangling over this law, and clear guidance from the nation’s high court, the 9th Circuit still wrongly believes that it is the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution and our laws,” Mussi said. “This ruling will continue to sow doubt into our system of government and will cost much more in taxpayer dollars thanks to the emergency appeal that will be again filed at the U.S. Supreme Court.”
But Joseph Garcia, vice president for Chicanos Por La Causa, called the 9th Circuit decision “a victory for voters.”
“We must make voting more accessible, not arbitrarily more difficult,” Garcia said in various media reports. “It’s simple: Everyone who is eligible to register to vote should be allowed to register and vote.”
Danielle Lang, senior director of voting rights at Campaign Legal Center, said Arizona’s rules such as the proof of citizenship for registration “impose severe, arbitrary and discriminatory burdens on Latino, Native and student voters in Arizona.”
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THINGS THAT REQUIRE ID & THE MYTH OF VOTER ID OPPRESSION
THINGS THAT REQUIRE ID & THE MYTH OF VOTER ID OPPRESSION
** = Other RIGHTS that require ID
GENERAL:
-Alcohol establishments (Public Accommodations)**
-Bank accounts
-Blood donations
-Cash transactions over $5000
-Cash/writing checks
-Cold meds (some)
-Court actions
THINGS THAT REQUIRE ID & THE MYTH OF VOTER ID OPPRESSION
** = Other RIGHTS that require ID
GENERAL:
-Alcohol establishments (Public Accommodations)**
-Bank accounts
-Blood donations
-Cash transactions over $5000
-Cash/writing checks
-Cold meds (some)
-Court actions
-Drive a car (Freedom of Movement)**
-Employment ID
-Flights/Trains/Buses (Freedom of Movement)
-Gambling/Casinos
-Get other ID’s
-Government buildings entrance**
-High schools/colleges & Universities
-Jury Duty**
-Marry/divorce**
-Medical Care non-emergency
-Outdoor activities with risk (skydiving/bungee jumping etc)
-Pet Adoption
-Petition Government**
-PO Box
-Prescriptions
-Protest or Rally permits (Right of Assembly)**
-School entrance
-Sales Tax Exemption Age-80+
-Tax Return Prep-3rd party
-Utilities including cable
-Walmart curbside orders/service
The 9th Circus is filled with a herd of brain-less Donkeys.
It takes more proof to claim winnings at a casino than it does to vote.
If Congress would fix this the issue will be solved.
Every time Congress legislates a fix to a “problem”, it creates five more new “problems”.
Utah is not in the 9th Circuit, and the states of Idaho & Montana absolutely loathe the 9th, and would love nothing more than to leave. That 9th footprint is gigantic. If the McCain Wing of the AZ GOP hadn’t screwed-the-pooch we wouldn’t have 2 Dimshevik US Senators, and we’d have a chance of being in a differnet CCoA.
Why does the 9th Circuit court think it has the right to overturn a decision by the SCOTUS? They have always been so far left they’re off the page. I hope Petersen wins and the looney judges in the 9th Circuit all get disbarred.
Joseph Garcia, vice president for Chicanos Por La Causa, called the 9th Circuit decision “a victory for voters.”
It’s a victory for ILLEGAL voters, Jose. Americans do not want illegals having a say in OUR government. If they enter the legal way and follow immigration law, then they would have no problem with obtaining a valid voter registration.
“arbitrarily more difficult”. What a load of horse hockey.
I can say, definitively, that it is more difficult to fill out a 4473 than it is to register to vote, and I haven’t had to register every time I wanted to vote, so there’s that.
Here’s hoping that 47 gets to appoint a few hundred more federal judges who don’t think they are above the law.
The 9th Court of Appeals is a joke. The so-called Judges have no idea what the Constitution means. How long does it take to show an ID? Voting should be simpler, but not at the expense of fraud. Everyone should be in favor of clean voting laws, unless…..
Good luck Mr Petersen. If Congress really wants to impeach judges they should start with the 9th Circuit.
Yes!!!