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Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act
nbc news ^ | July 1, 2021, 10:03 AM EDT | Pete Williams

Posted on 07/01/2021 7:33:31 AM PDT by entropy12

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two election laws in the 2020 battleground state of Arizona that challengers said make it harder for minorities to vote.

The case was an important test for what's left of one of the nation's most important civil rights laws, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the Supreme Court scaled back in 2013. A remaining provision allows lawsuits claiming that voting changes would put minority voters at a disadvantage in electing candidates of their choice.

Civil rights groups were hoping the Supreme Court would use the Arizona case to strengthen their ability to challenge the dozens of post-2020 voting restrictions imposed by Republican legislatures in the wake of Donald Trump's defeat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2020election; arizona; az; dnctalkingpoints; nbcbias; scotus; settledlaw; supremecourt
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Right decision by SCOTUS.
1 posted on 07/01/2021 7:33:31 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: entropy12

Tell Pete Williams it is settled law and to go away.


2 posted on 07/01/2021 7:35:31 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: entropy12

What’s the catch? With these traitorous judges even on the SC one wonders what the real verdict will be.


3 posted on 07/01/2021 7:35:39 AM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: entropy12

6-3 ruling. Roberts is dragged along kicking and screaming to make the right decision.


4 posted on 07/01/2021 7:36:01 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: entropy12

What a totally biased and anti-Constitutional article by the same old suspects. They don’t even try to hid it anymore.


5 posted on 07/01/2021 7:37:03 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: entropy12

6-3 is pretty good, and a little surprising.


6 posted on 07/01/2021 7:37:16 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: entropy12

>>Civil rights groups were hoping the Supreme Court would use the Arizona case to strengthen their ability to challenge the dozens of post-2020 voting restrictions imposed by Republican legislatures in the wake of Donald Trump’s defeat.

Ballot stuffers were hoping the Supreme Court gods in black dresses would codify their illegal changes to election law that were made in mnay states by judicial decree and precinct bosses and not the legislators.


7 posted on 07/01/2021 7:37:30 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Re: 4

Oh, please.

Have you even read the opinion?

No, I didn’t think so.

Good grief.


8 posted on 07/01/2021 7:38:44 AM PDT by Fury
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To: a fool in paradise

Without Trump fighting the election this doesn’t happen. If nothing else, if we get election reform out of this, the fight is all worth it.


9 posted on 07/01/2021 7:38:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: entropy12

“restrictive”? “Restricted” to voters actually voting for themselves.


10 posted on 07/01/2021 7:39:17 AM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: entropy12

...challengers said make it harder for minorities to vote.


Tat’s because they think minorities are stupid and cheat.


11 posted on 07/01/2021 7:40:39 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: entropy12

So Pete, don’t you think the opinion that the law will “make it harder for minorities to vote” is just a little bit racist? ? ?


12 posted on 07/01/2021 7:42:05 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: entropy12

Of course...the law pertains to all...not just blacks.


13 posted on 07/01/2021 7:42:29 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: entropy12

It’s Deep State throwing us a bone.

Deep State is happy to keep the conversation focused on anything other than RCV and crooked voting machines.


15 posted on 07/01/2021 7:45:50 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: entropy12

Rare common sense from the government. You actually have to be who you claim to be in order to vote!


16 posted on 07/01/2021 7:45:51 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: entropy12

Hallelujah!


17 posted on 07/01/2021 7:47:09 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Fido969

Even if every voter is a legal voter, with RCV and crooked voting machines, elections can still be stolen.

Voter ID is important, but it’s not the only issue.


18 posted on 07/01/2021 7:47:22 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: entropy12

“Writing in dissent for herself and Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Elena Kagan said...”

Never any doubt.


19 posted on 07/01/2021 7:47:38 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: entropy12

MSM outlets screaming bloody murder on this ruling, basically “SCOTUS upholds disenfranchising people of color” etc.

Expect a flurry of new demands for Dementia Joe to pack the court.


20 posted on 07/01/2021 7:49:10 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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