Judge: my voter ID ruling was wrong

By Josh Gerstein, Politico

A federal appeals court judge said Friday that he erred when writing a decision which served as a key precursor to the Supreme Court’s 2008 ruling upholding the constitutionality of Indiana’s voter ID law.

In an interview Friday on HuffPostLive, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner said his opinion finding the Indiana law constitutional was mistaken, due to the court not having sufficient information about how the law could be used to prevent or discourage people from voting.

“Do you think that the court got this one wrong?” HuffPo’s Mike Sacks asked.

“Yes. Absolutely … ”

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