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rhett o rick

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15. I would love that to be true, but as best I can read there is nothing in

Reply to annabanana (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:59 PM

Feb 2013

the Constitution that permits the federal government to impose specific voting requirements on states. They have gotten around it so far because the federal government argued that it was necessary for them to put specific laws onto states in order to advance integration. I dont think it was ever challenged to the SCOTUS. I think they will rule 5 -4 against the law.

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Push to overturn Voting Rights Act tied to GOP voter suppression efforts [View all] onehandle Feb 2013 OP

Just another reason why Republicans are scum sakabatou Feb 2013 #1

+1,000 freshwest Feb 2013 #8

Of course it is. drm604 Feb 2013 #2

They don't quit. They really want to destroy our democracy. The Wielding Truth Feb 2013 #3

If I remember correctly the part of the law they are challenging Drale Feb 2013 #4

I dont think that will help. I believe the SCOTUS will rule that it's unconstitutional rhett o rick Feb 2013 #6

I think that they will kill it because it doesn't apply evenly. annabanana Feb 2013 #7

I would love that to be true, but as best I can read there is nothing in rhett o rick Feb 2013 #15

Unless it's Marijuana Politicalboi Feb 2013 #16

What does MaryJane have to do with voting laws. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #17

So when whites enventually become the minority ...then what? Dumb asses! L0oniX Feb 2013 #5

sssshhhh... Don't remind them. n/t TygrBright Feb 2013 #12

Michigan is being run like a dictatorship and a blue print Iliyah Feb 2013 #9

Democrats cherish the right to vote .... SFnomad Feb 2013 #10

"States rights" is code for "allowing discrimination". Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #11

Jim Crow by any other name . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #13

I AM SHOCKED SHOCKED to find that gambling is going on here. iandhr Feb 2013 #14

"Specialize in cases aimed at making voting harder for minorities." Posteritatis Feb 2013 #18

In other news, water is wet. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #19