Based on the timeline established by the federal court for hearing the South Carolina voter ID case against DOJ, a positive or negative ruling may not provide enough time to implement before November. This is becoming a recurring theme where the wheels of justice turn so slowly (intentionally or otherwise) that enacted legislation adopted by state legislatures are held up and delayed for months and now going on years. When the courts want to move quickly, they do so.
The Associated Press reports:
“A revised timetable for a federal lawsuit
over South Carolina’s voter ID law would make it harder for the new
state requirements to impact the Nov. 6 general election.
On Tuesday, the judges who will consider the case rescheduled oral
arguments for September 24. That’s nearly two months later than
originally planned – and is also more than a week after the deadline by
which state officials have said they would need a decision in order to
prepare to implement the law this year.
The three-judge panel doesn’t forecast when it might rule in the case.
But state prosecutors say they’ll need a determination by September 15
in order to have enough time to make sure people understand the
requirements.”