[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

It is really a case of states rights versus the federal government. The 1965 Voting Rights Act took sovereignty away from certain states and made them subject to rules not applicable to the other states. On the issue of fairness and equal treatment alone, this was not constitutional.

That is what I have always believed. Also it seems to me that the 14th amendment would also make unconstitutional the Voting Rights Act punishing southern states, and by extension their citizens, but not other states, for 40 years. I believe Texas, for example, has the right to ensure that voters are eligible without being vetoed by Holder; otherwise legal votes are devalued.

And to keep it in place until 2031 (the act was renewed for 25 years in 2006) was a travesty. Black voter turnout in the South is higher than white turnout.

The GOP was too cowardly to oppose this preposterous and unjust renewal.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“The GOP was too cowardly to oppose this preposterous and unjust renewal. “

GOP rewrote the definition of cowardice. It’s all they do.