“For all the yelps we hear from conservatives about liberty, the Texas GOP’s attempt to bar people from transporting more than 2 non-relatives to the polls would constitute a chilling (and unconstitutional) restriction on freedom of movement, assembly. Like the 1860s Black Codes. One of the reasons Reconstruction-era Republicans passed the 14th Amendment was that ex-Confederate states passed Black Codes limiting freedmen’s ability to assemble, speak, worship, carry firearms for hunting or protection, choose to work or not to work. As the Supreme Court (much later) recognized, the amendment was designed to federalize the Bill of Rights gaurantees, which before 14A applied only to the federal government. Making it illegal to drive someone to the polls, without explanation, is an outrageous throwback to 1866” – Politico Editor Josh Zeitz.