Posted on 03/09/2009 11:57:51 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates only applies in electoral districts where minorities make up more than half the population.
The decision could make it harder for some minority candidates to win election and for southern Democrats, in particular, to draw friendly electoral boundaries after the 2010 Census.
The 5-4 decision, with the court's conservatives in the majority, came in the case of a North Carolina plan that sought to preserve the influence of African-American voters even though they made up just 39 percent of the population in a state legislative district.
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What were they seeking to do? Count every black's vote twice?
Anyone surprised?
The four liberal justices dissented.
Anyone surprised?
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That includes Souter btw, I think he wrote the dissenting opinion.
aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates
You mean like making sure minorities only vote the way the Dems want them to?
Remember the Black Panthers bullying people on Election day?
No Controlling Legal Authority
J.F.P.O. Bump!
“Time for whites to buy homes out in ethnic communities—the result, best candidate wins!”
Yeah. If any whites are left alive to vote!
I *think* they are trying to put about 40% of a minority in a district knowing that at least 10% of the non-minority will vote for the Rat. But the law says that in order to make a district that gerrymanders outside of standard gerrymandering that it must have at least 50% of the minority in that district.
So if you really want to screw over a minority you put 100% minority in one district. This will ensure they have a minority congresscritter, but it also waters down their vote in the entire state as they are all located in a single district. If they broke this district up and combined it into 3 other districts giving each district 33% more minority votes...it means they are likely to get 3 minority candidates (or so they believe). But keep in mind to the rat minority = democrat candidate (even if he is white).
Yea, but I’m still stuck with that racist bigot, Mel Watt.
Cases like this one are why Chief Justice Roberts along with Justices Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy have to stay healthy. Otherwise, things will get even uglier.
It would not surprise me if this jamoke pulls an FDR and adds to the size of the SCOTUS so he can pack in a majority
I googled that quote.
Your post was the first hit already. Even though the remainder of hits did not have that phrase or even most of the words, the remainder of the page are Conservative or Conservative leaning sites.
Spooky.
These people vote.
“...sought to preserve the influence of African-American voters even though they made up just 39 percent of the population in a state legislative district.”
What happened to, “one man, one vote”?
I’m not sure about the 47%, but I do know that the ability to read and write is based on logic and facts. Voting need only be based on feeeeeeeelings.
LOL. Thanx, I think.
I think it means were are being watched and indexed on a priority basis.
Sure to provoke outrage from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and various liberals. Too bad there’s a leftist in the White House.
“The four liberal justices dissented.”
The four liberal justices who want to game the system to get their desired result.
Ditto
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