SCOTUS voids key piece of the Voting Rights Act (Congress, illegal, education)
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The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require federal monitoring of elections.
The justices said in 5-4 vote that the law Congress most recently renewed in 2006 relies on 40-year-old data that does not reflect racial progress and changes in U.S. society.
Good, it's about time for some real equality in our election process.
I have a feeling that you will get a lot of people not actually reading what was ruled on.
It seems to be a reasonable ruling. They said that the government can intervene in a states voting practices but not based upon 40 year old standards and information.
Now I am sure that deciding what is now proper will be a real mess but the ruling simply standing alone is pretty reasonable.
i did. please explain your insinuation maybe i misunderstood.
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Originally Posted by pknopp
I have a feeling that you will get a lot of people not actually reading what was ruled on.
It seems to be a reasonable ruling. They said that the government can intervene in a states voting practices but not based upon 40 year old standards and information.
Now I am sure that deciding what is now proper will be a real mess but the ruling simply standing alone is pretty reasonable.
Lol the liberals on twitter are going crazy. Melissa Perry says she doesn't have her citizenship anymore. All the Court said was Congress needs to update its methods. If Congress can't or won't that's their problem not the Courts.
so are the feds excluded from intervening until a new basis is drafted by Congress? What would keep the House from scrapping the idea altogether and giving the states free reign? It just seems to me a lot of election oversight by the federal government was done away with (although I do understand and agree with the reasoning).
Congress has repeatedly reauthorized the Voting Rights Act, most recently in 2006, when President George W. Bush signed bipartisan legislation extending it 25 years.
The Congress approved the extension of the legislation ... because few wanted to vote against it out of fear they'd be labeled unfairly. The Court's decision was very predictable. I believe the federal government has ample opportunity to bring legal action against a unit of local government, if abuse occurs. Let's see what happens at these local levels. Let them demonstrate they can be trusted.
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