Supreme Court and Voting Rights Act

As most of you know, the Supreme Court today redefined and severely limited a major portion of the Voting Rights Act having to do with mandatory approval for nine states with particularly onerous records (in the 50s and 60s) of blatant racial discrimination in their voting laws.

First, I think this was a largely correct decision for this time, almost 50 years later.  The states involved have cleaned up their acts considerably and do not deserve to be held to task for the illegal antics of their ancestors.  (How would you like to be held to task in your life today for your weird Uncle Harry's penchant for 'forgetting' his pants in the 50's?).

I don't get what President Obama and the other 'ultra libs' are so steamed over, either.  Many of the comments center around so-called "voter-id" laws.  Well, sorry folks, but it is not good enough for someone to wander into a polling place off the street, with no identification, verbally claiming to be a citizen, and demanding the right to vote.   It is a perfectly reasonable requirement that you prove to some government body that you really were born in or otherwise have legally obtained US citizenship.  In our state, you cannot get a "learner's permit" for a driver's license without showing an original (not copy) of your birth certificate, or the equivalent.  Thus the "motor voter" registration process enacted by Congress pretty much guarantees that only US citizens vote.  Yes it is wrong (and should continue to be illegal) to charge some citizens $50 or $100 for the identification, but citizenship is not meant to be free either.

And finally, I really take exception with a large portion (majority?) of the media that characterized this as the SCOTUS "sidestepping" or "dodging" a  major decision. 

IT IS NO SUCH THING IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME COURT AND ITS PLACE!

The Supreme Court's place is NOT to rewrite laws or to divine the intent of political parties or whatever.  The vast majority of Supreme Court decisions throughout its history have been incremental interpretations, nudges, clarifications of the laws that are to be passed by Congress and enforced by the Executive.   US citizens need to stop expecting the Supreme Court to clean up the messes they create by continuing to elect the brain-dead to Congress in particular, and take hold of 'their' branch of the government.  The Supreme Court is NOT of a temperament nor is it their role to do the "people's bidding". 

Which is why I think the absolutely STUPIDEST place in Washington DC for various groups to protest, wave misspelled signs, shout nonsensical slogans is in front of the Supreme Court.  Not only is it by definition going to be ineffective...it shows your ignorance of your own government, and will not be effective.