Georgia voter ID injunction ruling [US DC] News
Georgia voter ID injunction ruling [US DC]

Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups, US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, October 18, 2005 [granting a temporary injunction against the enforcement of a Georgia law that requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot]. Read the full text of the ruling here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Justice Louis Brandeis died

On October 5, 1941, US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis died at the age of 84.

Brandeis had become the first Jewish justice on the United States Supreme Court in 1916 after a hotly-contested nomination battle. Learn more about Louis Brandeis from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia website at Northwestern University.

France women granted suffrage

On October 4, 1944, women in France were granted voting rights.