35 What “show me your papers” laws will ultimately do is cut more people out of our democracy. The failure of the Kansas proof-of-citizenship law should serve as a cautionary tale. When Kansas tried ...

CONAN: And on that part, the show me your papers part, that was a unanimous verdict. SAVAGE: That it - well, that's right because the three conservative justices would have upheld all the laws.

Detractors had dubbed SB4 the show-me-your-papers law. One by one, most of the state's major cities - San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Houston and El Paso - all came out against it. They said the ...