Decision Upholding Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Relied On 1886 Case Warning Of ‘Rogues,’ ‘Strumpets,’ and ‘Wandering Arabs’

Decision Upholding Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Relied On 1886 Case Warning Of ‘Rogues,’ ‘Strumpets,’ and ‘Wandering Arabs’: As the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review the constitutionality of the state’s photo ID law, a University of Pittsburgh law professor flagged the flimsy and offensive precedent upon which the lower court relied when it upheld the law. In rejecting the plaintiffs’ argument that the law violates the state Constitution’s guarantee of “free and [...]/p