Opponents of Texas’ voter identification law asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block an order from a lower court to put the law back into effect for the Nov. 4 election.
Gerry Hebert and other lawyers representing the lead plaintiffs in the case — which include U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, and the League of United Latin American Citizens — filed an emergency application with the high court to reject action that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took Tuesday to revive the voter ID law in Texas.
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