Supreme Court and Elections

Hi guys,
I decided to share this story because we are discussing the Court System this week. The Supreme Court has recently made several decisions that will impact the 2014 election. This has included a decision to allow Ohio to stop early voting a week early. The decision has been heavily criticized by Attorney General Eric Holder because this is a voting block often used by African American voters. Here is CNN's coverage of the story. The Supreme Court also ruled on North Carolina voting laws allowing the state to eliminate "same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting". Both Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor disagreed with this ruling because of its negative impact on African American voters. Here is Politico's covering of that story. Soon the Court may be asked to rule on Texas's ID voter law. Texas's law may prevent minorities from voting. However, in another recent case the Supreme Court upheld a decision in Wisconsin that would ban a voter ID law which could prevent minorities from voting. This is interesting to me because it shows how the Supreme Court can influence the Executive and Congress by helping determine which demographics may vote for the officials that hold those offices.