Breaking from USA Today:
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing its new voter identification law on the eve of next month's elections.
The action reverses a trend established by the justices in two other cases from Ohio and North Carolina, in which they allowed voting restrictions imposed by Republican legislatures to take effect...
From FoxNews6:
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin from implementing voter ID law
On Thursday night the nation’s highest court did so, vacating the appeals court ruling pending further proceedings. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented from the decision.
Great to see that the usual wingnuts couldn't even muster a 4th vote.
From Josh Gerstein at Politico Blog:
Supreme Court blocks Wisconsin voter ID law
Acting on a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Wisconsin from implementing a new voter ID law in next month's election.
The high court released an order late Thursday that revived a permanent injunction a federal court judge imposed in April, barring enforcement of the 2011 law on the grounds that it discriminated against minorities by forcing many of them to get new identification.
The justices who joined in the order (posted here) did not offer a rationale for their decision, which will remain in effect until the court either rules on the merits of the case or refuses to hear it.
And a video which illustrates the problem. Enjoy the Wisconsin chart.