Efforts to suppress voting by individuals who are legally entitled to vote are nothing new; that’s the whole reason why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 exists. What’s especially galling is just how widespread—and remarkably shameless—the suppression has been during this cycle...
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Some of the blame can—and should—be directed to
#SCOTUS, which gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013 based upon some ... contestable ... conclusions about where we are as a country. But we shouldn’t let Congress off the hook for sitting idly by in response to that ruling...7 replies 49 retweets 169 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @steve_vladeck
How about for encouraging/enabling the ruling by not responding to NAMUDNO? That case was a shot across the bow, no?
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Yes—I didn’t mean to be exhaustive in assigning blame. NAMUDNO was an obvious (and, tragically, unheeded) warning sign...
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Replying to @steve_vladeck
"Congress didnt do its job" is a tragically evergreen tweet.
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Do we really believe that a new coverage formula would have prevented JGR (who has always loathed the VRA) from performing his “equal dignity of the states” magic trick?
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