A very sad day for our nation...Our Supreme court truly is a joke and a disgrace. As of today they have unleashed the Koch brothers,Reince Priebus and the GOP so they can happily start setting in place laws in any and all republican led states that will disenfranchise millions of voters and in spite of congresses large bipartisan vote to renew the CRVA...First Citizens United and now with the overturning of the most protective part of the CRA there can be no doubt that this totally biased and republican majority court will not be happy until they have turned the country lock stock and barrel over to the republican party and the corporations that own them... Ruth Bader Ginsburg-"“In my judgment,” Ginsburg wrote, “the Court errs egregiously by overriding Congress’ decision.” She lambasted the majority for “disturbing lapses” in its reasoning, citing as one example its failure to explain why the plaintiff in the case, Shelby County of Alabama, should be freed from preclearance despite its history of voter discrimination. “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet,” Ginsburg wrote."...
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:51:30 +0000