Announced by Rachel Maddow, and quoting USA Today here:
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing its new voter identification law on the eve of next month's elections.
The action reverses a trend established by the justices in two other cases from Ohio and North Carolina, in which they allowed voting restrictions imposed by Republican legislatures to take effect.
In all three cases, however, it appeared the court wanted to respect changes made by elected officials without confusing or disenfranchising voters.
This is good news for the voters of Wisconsin.
7:00 PM PT: In the same hour, a federal judge ruled that Texas' voter ID law is unconstitutional, too. From ABCNEWS.com;
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos of Corpus Christi is a defeat for Republican-backed photo ID measures that have swept across the U.S. in recent years and mostly been upheld in court. However, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked Wisconsin from implementing a law requiring voters to present photo IDs.
Remarkably, Ramos' decision actually says that Texas voted to do this in part
because of, not merely in spite of, its disparate effect on minorities.