JD
Patterico’s Pontifications
6/25/2013
This proves how racist Republicans are, because they don’t want to impose 50 year old standards on States, and some counties, based on actions that took place 50 years ago. Gasp! Heaven forbid current standards should address current problems, and apply to States equally. The Dems were warned by the Court in 2009 that they were on thin ice, yet chose to do nothing about it.
Section 4 is essentially the standards and metrics, which triggers enforcement under Section 5.
Melissa Perry Harris at MSNBC is worried her citizenship will be taken away. Chris Hayes is physically angry. The leftist grievance industry will be in full blown OUTRAGE today.
In her dissenting opinion in Shelby County v. Holder (PDF), she frets about all the federal laws that treat states differently from each other and could be subjected to attacks based on the majority’s “fundamental principle of equal sovereignty” among the states…
…This is a case about Congress’s enumerated powers. It’s not about Congress violating rights, but the scope of its power under the 15th Amendment to enforce the right guaranteed by that amendment (the right against race discrimination in voting). This is a power to be used against state and local government, so the scope of that power implicates federalism doctrine, including the “fundamental principle of equal sovereignty” among the states…
Update: From Freedom’s Lighthouse:
- Democrat Rep. John Lewis on Supreme Court Decision: “I Never thought I’d Live to see the Voting Rights Act Undone” – Video 6/25/13
- Obama Attorney General Eric Holder “Deeply, Deeply Disappointed” in U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Voting Rights Act – Video 6/25/13
