Via Daily Caller:

A judge ruled Monday for the second time that Texas purposefully passed voter ID laws to discriminate against minorities.

U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled that Texas violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by passing Senate Bill 14, the voter ID law, reports The New York Times.

Ramos wrote in the 10-page ruling that Texas “has not met its burden” in showing that their strict photo ID laws did not disproportionately discriminate against blacks and Latinos.

This is the second time Ramos has ruled on the Texas voter ID law. She found the state guilty of discriminating in 2014, but the state appealed for further review.

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