New York Times wrote: “The constitutionality of Section 5 itself was not at issue in the case, but the opinion said its “intrusion on state sovereignty” raises “serious constitutional questions,” quoting in part from a 2009 decision.
In his concurrence, Justice Thomas went further, repeating his view that “Section 5 is unconstitutional.” “
The issues of state sovereignty is almost insignificant in principle compared to the non-uniformity & discrimination of that act among the States.
For the Federal Goverment to make a law that only applies with burdens upon some states and not others is to lower the rank of those States & their people to a 2nd class status below others. Thus robing them of their “Equal Footing” and violating the uniformity clause of the U.S. Constitution.
If we are to be subject to a boundless(lawless) Federal Goverment, let us at least pretend that this goverment rules all States as equals.
It is Ironic in that section 5 inherently violates the very printable it was supposedly created to enforce equality among men. An irony lost in its consistency in that regard with the other acts passed & signed by the same corrupt men.
The 1965 Voting Rights Act was promoted by none other than “Landslide” Lyndon Johnson. The one who gained his first Senate Seat with the help of George Pharr (Duke of Duvall), who in box 13 voted the graveyard in alphabetic order and all the ballots were in the same handwriting.
This is the slimeball that we have to thank for 47 years of this kind of nonsense. He was also the architect of the Great Society.
If there was ever a clean house time in Washington DC, it is now.
⇓Size DC!