Posted on 06/22/2009 10:04:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
Reporting from Washington -- The Supreme Court narrowed, but did not overturn, the historic Voting Rights Act today, ruling that municipalities across the South that have had a clean record for the last decade can seek an exemption from the law.
The decision came as a relief to civil rights advocates, who feared the high court was prepared to invalidate the law.
Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has required states and municipalities in the South to "pre-clear" any changes in their voting or election standards with the Justice Department in Washington.
Three years ago, Congress extended this provision for another 25 years, but it was challenged by a small Texas water district as unfair and outdated.
The case had set the stage for a potentially broad ruling by the high court's conservative bloc.
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More discrimination from the people who brought the country back together again./s
The South WILL rise again and there will be Hell to pay.
Why should they need to seek an exemption.. It’s been over a decade.... TOTAL BS decision...
Agree with Judge Thomas on the law should of been struck down
And the South remains in the Penalty Box.
The Voting Rights Act does not apply to all states evenly, unfairly targeting only some. That makes it a clear violation of equal protections.
Georgia can now require positive ID to vote?
I just hate it when 115% of a county votes - including dead people. I also hate it when illegals vote... and lemme tell ya - we got ‘em.
If the Supreme Court truly wants the people to be equal; they would have struck the law down.
The headline, lead and entire tenor of the story are based on a misunderstanding of the actual decision. It leaves out the crucial information that the “tiny water district in Texas” won the case and is being allowed to opt out. Reportorial misconduct of the highest order.
Disappointing progress. So States can apply for an exemption. That just means that Obama’s Dept of Justice will deny any application that makes voter identification easier or vote fraud more difficult.
Supreme Cowards. And get a load of the film of screaming, threatening, spittle-hurling “civil rights activists” menacing people outside SCOTUS when the case was argued earlier this year.
It really looks like a political decision from the court, rather than a legal one.
Thomas is the only Justice with the balls to point out the obvious: Section 5 is unconstitutional.
And by merely allowing counties and municipalities within the discriminated-against-states to opt out by proving their innocence in court, this ruling places an unfair burden on said counties, and sets these areas up for vicious internal political fights between those who want to opt out, and those (both inside and outside) who want to prevent that.
Yet another muddled ruling from the court that only further complicates the issue it addresses.
(1) Chief Justice Roberts conducted more minimalist philosophy regarding judicial decision making, so he crafted a ruling based on the narrowest grounds.
(2) Justice Kennedy, like in the 1992 Casey decision, wussed out and so the Court provided a compromise ruling.
The Supreme Court narrowed, but did not overturn, the historic Voting Rights Act today, ruling that municipalities across the South that have had a clean record for the last decade can seek an exemption from the law... Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has required states and municipalities in the South to "pre-clear" any changes in their voting or election standards with the Justice Department in Washington. Three years ago, Congress extended this provision for another 25 years, but it was challenged by a small Texas water district as unfair and outdated.
Will dead dems still be able to vote?
Or may we plead with the fed to pretty please require they be alive?
Yes, the decision apparently was made on the narrow point of whether this district was too small and specialized to apply for the opt-out, and didn't touch the Constitutionality of the law. In fact the comments of the Justices in the decision implied that it probably not Constitutional.
So what does this mean for Ricci and for the Hilliary movie decisions?
They gonna wimp out?
Ed
To be really fair they need to start applying it to places like Detroitistan, Phily, Chicago, etc and all the places where ACORN is busy defrauding the voters.
They gonna wimp out?
It means:
(1) Justice Kennedy will be the deciding factor; and
(2) If Chief Justice Roberts is in the majority, the case will be narrowly decided.
Unquestionably there is a huge problem with all kinds of fraud and deception in the electoral process in these localities. But applying the Voting Rights Act - or the particular provision of it at issue in this SCOTUS case - would be absolutely worthless in addressing these abuses. That's because these localities aren't changing their voting procedures that are already on the books (and therefore wouldn't be required to report anything to the feds anyway), they are merely not enforcing the procedures that are supposed to be in place and deliberately turning a blind eye to the criminal activity staring them in the face.
The best solution would be to enforce the laws and procedures already on the books and arrest and prosecute the voting fraud artists for their crimes. Of course, this requires more courage than the victims of the crimes seem to be able to muster at this point.
Meanwhile in the cities across America, the negros steal elections to control blue states
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