J. Christian Adams: Constitutional conservatives SHOULD NOT support Ben Carson anymore

The Right Scoop ^ | 10-8-2015 | The Right Scoop

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J. Christian Adams tweeted out tonight that not a single constitution conservative should support Ben Carson anymore because of his support for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act:

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Video at the link...

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UPDATE: J. Christian Adams just explained his objection:

This is precisely what the racial-interest groups and the Democrats want — giving an attorney general like Eric Holder revived power to block state election laws by edict, as they did to Texas and South Carolina voter ID and citizenship verification in Florida and Georgia.

To recap, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 forced 16 states to obtain federal approval for every election law change no matter how big or how small. When a polling placed moved from a school library to a school gym, Washington, D.C., had to approve. The Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 ruled that such federal oversight upset the constitutional balance by using circumstances from 50 years ago to justify federal intrusion into state power, and the Court extinguished the oversight.

Since then, the institutional left has sought to reassert federal power because it helps Democrats win elections. For example, prior to the 2012 Presidential race, the Justice Department stopped Florida from checking for noncitizens on the rolls. In 2009, the DOJ blocked Kinston, North Carolina, from having non partisan elections because, as the DOJ said, if the word “Democrat” is not next to the name of the candidate, black voters won’t know for whom to vote.

This is the madness that Carson is open to resurrecting.

[4rcane]

No GOP candidate is perfect. If not Carson who? Even Ted is not perfect

[4rcane]

I hate it when these high minded Conservatives say we should not support X candidate, one after another because of one issue. Leaving noone left

[Candor7]

Adams is right about the issue. In more ways than one.

[exnavy]

No one tells me who to support or who to vote for.

[Prospero]

Given the deliberately manufactured and general ignorance of voters, there may be but one sound way of correcting the true egregiousness of the federal Voting Rights Act. Jurisdictions of Section Two and (perhaps only) Five should be expanded to included all the United States.

If that had been accomplished earlier, such as at any of the opportunities that arose when the Act was renewed, at minimum the most discriminatory and unconstitutional requirements of that law would have, long ago, been tossed out.

Without an understanding of the Voting Rights Act that most Americans, quite frankly, do not possess it's difficult to fault Americans for failing to understand how it could be wrong. Discussing the liabilities, most of it court-ordered, for staying within the requirements of Section Two or Section Five (in places where Barry Goldwater did well in 1964) presents a high "glaze factor."

I'll wager neither Dr. Carson not, perhaps worse, have any of his advisors ever been on the liability end of a redistricting lawsuit. I've yet to read a single newspaper account of on-going VRA lawsuits written by someone who understood what they were writing about.

Give me five minutes with Dr. Carson and I'll bet you just about anything that he could easily be made to understand the dark history and downside of the federal Voting Rights Act. -- The same could not be said of any Republican consultant or reporter.

[ConservativeMind]

I’m sorry, but this single issue is not a big enough reason to not vote for Carson.

[Sirius Lee]

The VRA is so far down on my list of things to worry about that it's pretty much a non issue.

Fighting the war the muslimes are waging against us, illegal aliens, gun rights and the rest of our Constitution, killing of cronyism, rebuilding our military, shrinking the rest of the fed beast...that's what I care about.

[shalom aleichem]

This is about the dumbest idea I have ever heard.

The voting rights act is OK if based on CURRENT data.

The Court struck it down because the government was punishing states using data from many years ago when Act was first passed. Court said data must be fresh and current in order to be used to prove patterns of discrimination.

Carson is worthy of support (not necessarily my top choice but he is in my top tier with Cruz and Trump)

[Soul of the South]

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 would not have passed without overwhelming Republican support. Each time it has been amended or reauthorized a Republican President has been in the White House, supported its extension, and signed the legislation:

1970 - Nixon
1975 - Ford
1982 - Reagan
1992 - Bush
2006 - Bush

[MNJohnnie]

Oh please! How freaking desperate are you GOPe types? The Voting Rights Act?

Really? Can't find any real issues to debate?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

I’ve always smelled a rat with Carson.

[Twinkie]

Whomsoever the Republicans finally settle upon, be it Trump,
Carson, or WHOMSOEVER, if they are pittled against Hitler-y,
Biden, Sanders, Hiawatha, etc. - be they a yellow dog - Twinkie will crawl down to the voting booth several miles down the road to vote for ‘em!

[bassmaner]

Even Jeb?

[Duke of Milan]

"Constitutional conservatives SHOULD NOT support Ben Carson" "(most popular adjective)conservative SHOULD NOT support (non establishment) " See it's an automated process. These elites that tell me what I MUST do, where has their venom and effort been against Boehner, McConnell et al? I'm talking REAL effort -- there is none, but any anti-establishment types that show up, then the elites are full of effort and energy and are rabid in their denunciations. They deserve the wrath to come.

[traderrob6]

“Even Ted is not perfect”

Yea, but he’s damn close.

[jaydee770]

Would you still hold this demand that we not vote for Carson if Carson somehow makes it to the general election?

[Pollster1]

We have to prioritize.

The individual, God-given right of the people to keep and bear arms is both a constitutional right and essential to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on protecting gun rights.

Obamacare is a shockingly destructive socialist law that will put an end to medical progress, and its repeal is essential to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on repealing Obamacare.

Amnesty would put an end to the survival of America as a free country. I will not under any circumstances vote for a candidate who is weak on Amnesty.

There are no other single issues at that level, not even abortion (but only because even the President cannot repeal Roe v. Wade).

[Twinkie]

Lemme see. Jeb? or Hitler-y? Jeb? or Hitler-y? Frick or Frack? - Meh. It ain’t gonna be Jeb anyway. . but, for sure - NO MORE CLINTONS! NO MORE DEMOCRATS! - I voted for Jimmuh Carter first time he ran. After he got through with his fireside chats excoriating me for HIS mistakes; I voted for Ronald Reagan & have not looked back in all those years. Nothing in this realm is perfect; not before Christ’s absolute & perfect rule at any rate.