Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was interviewed by the New York Times and is “disillusioned” by voter ID and the myth that North Carolina and Texas were waiting to pass a photo ID law until after the Shelby decision:
Asked if she was disappointed by the almost immediate tightening of
voting laws in Texas and North Carolina after the decision, she chose a
different word: “Disillusioned.”
According to National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the strict Texas photo ID law had been enacted in 2011 while the North Carolina ID law had been slowly making its way through the North Carolina legislature. In late April, the North Carolina state house passed a photo ID law and the Senate began its consideration. The truth is that the enactment of a North Carolina photo ID law was never really in doubt.
So it appears Justice Ginsburg is disillusioned not just by voter ID but by the New York Times inability to fact-check and other media distortion of the facts.