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Per Drudge - FLASH: Section 4 of Voting Rights Act unconstitutional...
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Posted on 06/25/2013 7:15:58 AM PDT by Perdogg

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To: Perdogg
Shelby County v Holder ....

Holder LOSES!


41 posted on 06/25/2013 7:33:08 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Perdogg

Well, well, well....one of Eric Holder’s (and of his thugs in the Department of “Justice”) toys just got taken away. A toy he used to oppress political jurisdictions with whom he had political disagreements regarding voting laws.


42 posted on 06/25/2013 7:36:09 AM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Prospero

Without Section 4, Section 5 is almost meaningless if I understand it completely.


43 posted on 06/25/2013 7:36:17 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: Perdogg

Does this mean Alabama is “Free At Last”?


44 posted on 06/25/2013 7:37:33 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: 0.E.O
"If it was 5 to 4 then we can all guess the breakdown: Sotomayor, Kagan, Ginsburg and Breyer against and Alito, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy and Roberts for."

Absolutely!

45 posted on 06/25/2013 7:38:21 AM PDT by ~Vor~ (Freeper since 10/98)
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To: Perdogg

Southern states, implement Voter ID immediately.


46 posted on 06/25/2013 7:39:49 AM PDT by liberateUS
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To: Perdogg; All

Another analysis...

Breaking: Supreme Court strikes down part of Voting Rights Act

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/25/breaking-supreme-court-strikes-down-part-of-voting-rights-act/


47 posted on 06/25/2013 7:40:08 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Perdogg

It would seem so. It will take the Congress a long time to pass a new coverage formula.


48 posted on 06/25/2013 7:41:06 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: 0.E.O

Thomas said in his concurrence that he would have struck down Section 5 also.


49 posted on 06/25/2013 7:42:18 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Perdogg

Finally!


50 posted on 06/25/2013 7:42:33 AM PDT by pgkdan (Marco Rubio can go straight to hell!)
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To: Prospero

Where can one find the “preclearance-affected” counties map for other states, such as Texas?


51 posted on 06/25/2013 7:42:52 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Perdogg

Texas is free once again. Well, almost free.....


52 posted on 06/25/2013 7:43:16 AM PDT by 2dogjoe (Have a Blessed Day)
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To: Perdogg

To borrow a phrase from the left: it’s time to move on from the ugly past.


53 posted on 06/25/2013 7:43:21 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: harpu
AND Texas JUST ROLLED-OVER and voted into law the (minority 'protecting') redistricting done by the Federal Courts for the 2012 elections.

Well, since the Demonicrats are all up in arms over this final map, maybe it's not such a bad thing.

54 posted on 06/25/2013 7:43:24 AM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike
Note too that Section 4 impacts Section 5. The latter governs redistricting, which is another state-level legislative process that the Department of Justice can block in certain states using Section 4′s preclearance authority. Without Section 4, Section 5 loses its teeth as a process with no jurisdiction any longer.
55 posted on 06/25/2013 7:43:33 AM PDT by kabar
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“The decision effectively throws out section 5 unless Congress comes up with a new formula that applies to all the states.”

No doubt, Schumer will be bellowing that this must be fixed immediately or minorities will suffer irreparable harm.

And, no doubt, Boehner/Cantor and the usual suspects will gladly go along, just as Bush did in 2006 in reauthorizing this turkey.


56 posted on 06/25/2013 7:44:37 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Perdogg

So, yes, Section 5 is null and void until Congress passes a new coverage formula based on current data. From the opinion:

Because §5 applies only to those jurisdictions singled out by §4, the Court turns to consider that provision.


57 posted on 06/25/2013 7:49:17 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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Likely to be an issue in 2016. “Make sure we elect Hillary to replace right wing justices....”


58 posted on 06/25/2013 7:50:11 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: SharpRightTurn
It would be interesting to find out how many Congressmen would vote to have their states that were previously exempt have the rules applied to them. It was OK when just the South was affected, but now will the entire country wish to live under the DOJ micromanaging their electoral process and preclear any changes?

I think not. I find it hard to believe Congress would pass such legislation affecting the whole country.

59 posted on 06/25/2013 7:59:59 AM PDT by kabar
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To: liberateUS
Southern states, implement Voter ID immediately.

We're working on it.

I'm a little concerned as to the ultimate outcome. The state that I'm in has been about a 50-50 split for BO over the last 2 elections. I see two possible outcomes of Voter ID....

1) What was once a fairly conservative state remains a 50-50 split. That's bad, IMHO.

2) Extensive Dem fraud gets cleaned up. Voter divide goes back to 55-45 (or more) approximately. That means that my vote - at least for the past few years, if not more, has been absolutely worthless. Again, a bad thing.

At least Voter ID will address the issues going forward.

60 posted on 06/25/2013 8:00:44 AM PDT by wbill
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