But the entire VRA was not overturned; just the parts that required certain states to preauthorize changes to their voting laws with the Feds.
The real reason that liberals are upset is that they will not be able to declare voter ID a nullity in Texas and a few other important states. In that event, the current case law says voter ID laws are valid. In effect, the Feds were trying to treat citizens in Southern states like 2nd class Americans not covered by the case law -- EXACTLY the injustice the VRA was designed to remove.
Good explanation. They are trying to promote the meme that blacks are going back to Jim Crow because of conservatives.
Never mind that it was liberals largely responsible for Jim Crow.
I grew up in the segregated south and the big difference I can see today — as regards who controls the process — is that 50 years ago, the polls were controlled by old white guys. Today, most all county offices that I have personally seen are run by old black gals.
So, from my perspective, Slate’s is ignorantly concerned that old black gals will renew segregationist/jim-crow policies against other black folks. This piece screams just how ill-informed, knee-jerk and asinine Slate’s writers are.
If anything, Slate should be concerned that the old black gals currently manning the voter registration office would renew jim-crow policies discriminately against whites, since that’s more plausible than the flawed, ill-informed opinion and agenda that Slate seems to be pushing.
You’ll have to excuse me if I flat-out *refuse* to understand Slate’s concerns.
Opinions and experiences at other locales may vary...