Wednesday, February 20, 2013

It's telling...

That a civil rights bill was authorized in 2006 (By a republican President, House and Senate) by such a ridiculously high margin

"Reauthorized in 1970, 1975, 1982 and 2006, Section 5 is viewed as a savior of black and Latino voting rights by some and an anachronistic scarlet letter by others. When Congress last voted to extend it until 2031 — by overwhelming votes of 390-33 in the House and 98-0 in the Senate — it cited about 2,400 proposed voting changes blocked during the previous quarter-century."

the fact that the supreme court might overturn it in the face of that congressional weight seems unlikely under this court




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