Daily News Article - April 29, 2008
1. a) What does Indiana law require from voters?
b) Do you think this is a fair and just law? Explain your answer.
2. How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule yesterday on the case Crawford v. Marion County Election Board?
3. a) What did Justice John Paul Stevens write in the controlling opinion?
b) Name the justices who joined in the opinion.
4. a) Which political party generally favors tighter voting fraud controls by requiring people to show an ID when voting?
b) Which political party generally opposes requiring people to show an ID when voting, saying it prevents people who don't possess an ID from voting.?
5. What was the key issue for the Justices in deciding the case?
6. a) What was the reason for Justice Breyer's dissent?
b) Name the other two justices who also dissented.
7. Name the two justices who joined Justice Scalia in writing "The burden of acquiring, possessing, and showing a free photo identification is simply not severe, because it does not 'even represent a significant increase over the usual burdens of voting.'"
8. a) What did a poll taken earlier this year find about voter ID requirements?
b) Do you think that to prevent voter fraud, citizens should be required to show ID when voting? Explain your answer.
c) Ask a parent the same question.