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freshwest

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14. Agreed. Federal elections should be federalized. But the de-centralization crowd wants fiefdoms.

Reply to Comrade_McKenzie (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 01:24 PM

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Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism on Voting Law [View all] onehandle Feb 2013 OP

Um Link? /nt Drale Feb 2013 #1

The VRA is toast Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #2

You hit that nail on the head. The USA may never recover from this court. loudsue Feb 2013 #4

Civil rights can not simply wait for old men to die off and be replaced demwing Feb 2013 #13

Civil disobedience is our only recourse Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #34

You may be wrong on this. cosmicone Feb 2013 #16

Just because he did it on the ACA caseymoz Feb 2013 #18

I was talking about Roberts, not Thomas. cosmicone Feb 2013 #24

Roberts is making it very plain Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #35

We may need a revolution dbackjon Feb 2013 #26

Actually gay rights has an excellent chance of passing Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #36

Isn't this the effect John2 Feb 2013 #27

The Dems had the clout to stop Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #33

Alito, Scalia, Thomas & Roberts lark Feb 2013 #3

it's the only way they'll get the power back lie cheat steal - well when they do what do we do? leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #8

They take away our right to a good free education lark Feb 2013 #9

if any country did this to us we'd be at war leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #17

If they even threatened to do these things lark Feb 2013 #22

The neoConfederates want another civil war Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #37

I can feel a pit in my stomach ... srican69 Feb 2013 #5

Sad but not surprising. iandhr Feb 2013 #6

What a disgrace. nt octoberlib Feb 2013 #7

"Oh, these white hoods? It's because we're dressing up as ghosts, you can totally trust us." ck4829 Feb 2013 #10

They should alter the law to subject all states to section 5. nt Comrade_McKenzie Feb 2013 #11

Agreed. Federal elections should be federalized. But the de-centralization crowd wants fiefdoms. freshwest Feb 2013 #14

I agree but not sure the Constitution agrees. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #23

The Roberts court will take us back to Brown V Board of Education TeamPooka Feb 2013 #12

Remember we expected the worst over the Affordable Care Act. iandhr Feb 2013 #15

True, the leaks prior to that were not favorable. Electoral reform was mentioned in Obama's election freshwest Feb 2013 #25

If this is done, there should be a nonstop caseymoz Feb 2013 #19

Do you think such a movement is likely to occur? Peter cotton Feb 2013 #20

Looking at the Civil Rights movement caseymoz Feb 2013 #38

I believe the problem is that the law is not backed up by the Constitution. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #21

Voting Rights John2 Feb 2013 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Feb 2013 #31

Agreed sakabatou Feb 2013 #39

Someone pointed out that the 15th Amendment applies. I stand corrected. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #40

Those FUCKS are just looking to steal more elections. . . . BigDemVoter Feb 2013 #29

Right after this, they're going after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 --Bank on it.... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #30

kick for updates OKNancy Feb 2013 #32