SCOTUS and voting rights - and wrongs

For the moment the US Supreme Court has struck down the restriction on states and localities which prevents them from imposing restrictions on registration beyond those for Federal Elections. In spite of the small number of cases of voter fraud, single digits in most states, some states are already enacting new laws making it harder for groups which might vote against the party in power to vote at all.

The interesting this is that a previous court decision, cited on one of the national news programs, says that the Federal requirements are the law for Federal elections. So unless the states wishing to return to voter repression want to have two separate elections and registrations, I suspect another legal battle will happen before the next election.

I look forward to it, it's the closest thing around to classic slapstick comedy, with all parties trying cluelessly to land the knockout blow.