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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The Supremes Rule

Breaking News.  By the time you read this, you will know more details than I do now.  A 5 - 4 ruling and "conservative" justices have prevailed.   Chris Hayes just called it "A remarkable act of hubris by the Court."  

 

Federal Government oversight is still needed.  The Court seems to ignore that or deeply discount it.  They essentially revoked Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, rendering it useless (as I'm hearing it) and kicking it over to Congress to come up with a new application formula.  Think that will happen?  It's outrageous.

 

The protections of this Section of the Act are sorely needed in the 2014 elections.  These will be the first elections (2014) in decades to take place without the protections.  It was needed in 2012, badly needed.  And in North Caroling right now there are "Moral Mondays" demonstrations going on to protest legislation designed to suppress minority voting.  The conservative majority wanted to strike it down but didn't want the blame; thus, they decide to send it to a dysfunctional Congress that can agree on NOTHING and pretend the formula will magically materialize. These people need to come down from their ivory towers and take a tour of the real world. 

 

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