From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 694: The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as unconstitutional North Carolina’s 2013 election law, featuring a voter ID requirement. The Appeals Court ruling ignored almost all elements of a trial-court judge’s 485-page decision upholding the law. Some observers have focused on the fact that the trial-court judge was appointed by a Republican president, while all three appellate judges owed their appointments to Democrats. Jon Guze, the John Locke Foundation’s director of legal studies, analyzes the Appeals Court’s decision and its legal implications.