In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday evening blocked Wisconsin from implementing a voter ID law that would have required voters to provide photo identification before casting their ballots in the coming election. The Court, which recently allowed North Carolina officials to eliminate same-day voter registration and discount votes cast mistakenly in…
A three judge panel in Chicago has thrown out same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the states’ bans were unconstitutional. The ruling came months after lower federal courts found the bans violated basic rights of Indiana and Wisconsin citizens. “Same-sex couples, who would otherwise qualify…
The state of Indiana’s same-sex marriage appeal will be heard before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on August 13. Attorney General Greg Zoeller filed the emergency appeal after a federal judge struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage in June. Several thousand marriages were performed during a three-day period before the…
