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The Supreme Court has broken up a first-rate, election rigging scheme
Coach is Right ^ | 7/2/13 | Doug Book

Posted on 07/02/2013 8:57:54 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

Justice Antonin Scalia shocked liberal sensibilities during oral arguments in the recently decided Shelby County, Alabama v Holder, voting rights case. Providing his analysis of the 98-0, 2006 Senate vote to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act (VRA) for an additional 25 years, Scalia said:

“Now, I don’t think [the lop-sided vote] is attributable to the fact that it is so much clearer now that we need this [law]. I think it is attributable, very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It’s been written about. Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes.” (1)

In short, Scalia was suggesting that...

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: doj; supremecourt; votingrights; vra

1 posted on 07/02/2013 8:57:54 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: Oldpuppymax
And nothing does more damage to the left than an honest election.

Quote of the day.

2 posted on 07/02/2013 9:06:09 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economiws In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Progressivism is racism. (and a lot of other very ugly things)


3 posted on 07/02/2013 9:09:17 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: Oldpuppymax

Discrimination as a means to resolve discrimination is at it’s best folly and at it’s worst only serves to exacerbates racial and cultural prejudices.

We need to get off that mobius strip.


4 posted on 07/02/2013 9:10:29 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: arthurus

I am going to use that quote for my new tagline...;-)


5 posted on 07/02/2013 9:37:04 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Nothing does more damage to the left than an honest election.")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Oldpuppymax.


6 posted on 07/02/2013 5:01:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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