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Lex

(34,108 posts)
3. True. The Cons got control here finally and now it's Jim Crow all over again.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:15 PM
Jul 2013

May they rot in hell.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
12. That is NOT true. Holder is going after Texas and my guess is that North Carolina will be next
Fri Jul 26, 2013, 12:40 AM
Jul 2013

Holder Wants Texas to Clear Voting Changes With the U.S.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014548120



... Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act is still intact

June saw the gutting of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court collaterally attacked Section 5 of the VRA, which requires preclearance of voting and elections laws by states such as Texas, by striking down Section 4. By declaring Section 4 unconstitutional, the Court made it impossible to apply the Section 5 preclearance requirement.

Initial reaction focused on the presumptive death of the VRA and the almost certain enactment and implementation of discriminatory voting laws, yet much of that initial analysis neglected Section 3 of the VRA.

On Tuesday, Sahil Kapur wrote in TalkingPointsMemo that Texas and other states could still be subjected to preclearance requirements, despite the Court's June ruling.

"Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act lets courts add a state or local government to the preclearance requirement if it is found to have enacted intentionally discriminatory voting measures. The Supreme Court left that part of the Voting Rights Act intact; it invalidated Section 4, which includes the formula that Congress established to determine which state and local governments are to face that extra scrutiny automatically."


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Full article here: http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13777/experts-texas-possibly-subject-to-preclearance-under-voting-rights-act-suits-filed


Lex

(34,108 posts)
5. Solidarity in the face of tragic republican Jim Crow bullshit voter id
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:16 PM
Jul 2013

laws and restrictions.

Lex

(34,108 posts)
6. That is SOLIDARITY in the Legislature by the Dems in the face of
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:17 PM
Jul 2013

the Republicans pushing Jim Crow-esque laws back into place.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
10. yeah, get thrown out of the chamber and possibly arrested
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:22 PM
Jul 2013

which would totally make it about them and their behavior diverting attention from the issue. That pic is much more effective. My bet is that it's going to be seen over and over.

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