The Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 margin to partially approve a request from the Republican National Committee that would make people in Arizona show proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.
Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett however voted against the measure and sided with the liberal justices. Coney Barrett previously broke ranks with her conservative counterparts on the bench when they ruled in favor of Ohio against the EPA regarding its ‘Good Neighbor’ plan to limit air pollutants.
The majority allowed for one of three provisions of Arizona voting law to be enforced, however three conservative justices—Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch—said they would have allowed all three provisions to be enforced. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh were the holds outs.
