Great piece on the arrogance of the Roberts Court and judicial hubris by @profepps http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/in-john-roberts-s-world-only-the-court-can-be-trusted/281340/ …
@kkaplan @Kathrynv904 @espinsegall Obamacare not the problem. He "made law" only with his crazy commerce doctrine. SHELBY Co is problem.
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@Profepps@Kathrynv904@espinsegall If Congress worked, Shelby wouldn't have been an issue - they'd just create a new formula. SCOTUS said -
@kkaplan@Kathrynv904@espinsegall Right. You bet. Roberts has hated the VRA ever since he came to DC. He's going to take down Sec. 2 next. -
J. Roberts, 1981: Voting rights violations "provide a basis for the most intrusive interference imaginable."
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@Profepps@Kathrynv904@espinsegall the vote was a sham -if they can't come up with a bipartisan formula after voting 98-0, were they wrong? -
Roberts also made up idea Congress must treat states equally.That principle doesn't exist anywhere in Const.
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