[SharpRightTurn]

“The decision effectively throws out section 5 unless Congress comes up with a new formula that applies to all the states.”

No doubt, Schumer will be bellowing that this must be fixed immediately or minorities will suffer irreparable harm.

And, no doubt, Boehner/Cantor and the usual suspects will gladly go along, just as Bush did in 2006 in reauthorizing this turkey.

[kabar]

It would be interesting to find out how many Congressmen would vote to have their states that were previously exempt have the rules applied to them. It was OK when just the South was affected, but now will the entire country wish to live under the DOJ micromanaging their electoral process and preclear any changes?

I think not. I find it hard to believe Congress would pass such legislation affecting the whole country.