A 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana voter-identification law

A 6-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana voter-identification law. The decision in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board underscores the importance of nominating conservative justices who value judicial restraint. More than half of the states have passed laws requiring the presentation of some form of identification in order to vote.

It is easy to imagine a more activist Court overturning those democratically enacted laws based on a few liberal groups' spurious claims of democracy denied. Obama has been a fierce critic of voter-ID laws, and he wasted no time condemning the Court's decision, arguing that Indiana's law "places an unfair burden on Indiana residents who are poor, elderly, disabled, or members of minority groups." All this over something as simple as showing a photo ID to prevent voter fraud. Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations.