When I heard this morning that the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overturned rulings yesterday from two different U.S. District judges, the first thing I wondered was who appointed the judges to overturn the ruling. I have my answer and, unfortunately, it falls along party lines. The two judges who overturned the rulings were appointed by Republican presidents.
Aren’t judges supposed to be impartial? While I’m not familiar with the Ohio law, it seems to me that the polling officials should be the ones to decide whether or not to challenge a voter’s eligbility, not some partisan observer, whether they’re Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green or whatever. There shouldn’t be any partisan people screwing with the voters in the polling place. Period. Anything else just seems wrong to me. WTF?