U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled that the law was enacted with the deliberate intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters. Ramos said that it violates the Voting Rights Act.
The original 2011 law, one of the most restrictive in the nation, requires registered voters to present one of seven forms of government-issued photo ID in order to cast a ballot.
Inasmuch as Nelva was serving as a judge in a court case, it is certain that she ruled on the basis of evidence. I'm sure she was presented with huge amounts of evidence of racial bigotry on the part of the legislators and also plenty of evidence that those lawmakers had let those baser intacts spill over as legislative cruelty. I am equally sure that the ominous restrictions of voter identification (requiring one of
only seven possible IDs) were expected to disenfranchise a lot of Black and Hispanic voters.
Finally, I am sure that Nelva was dead right in scoffing at the claim that voting integrity was a serious concern on the part of the State of Texas.
Hey, the whole thing makes stunningly good sense.
(She should be impeached for this crap.)