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Pistarkle

(196 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:20 AM Mar 2013

Conservative Supreme Court Justices’ View on Our Right to Vote is Shocking!

Conservative Supreme Court justices “expressed skepticism Wednesday about whether the federal government should still be requiring preclearance of voting system change in certain places with a history of racial discrimination in elections. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia even went so far as to condemn Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act as a “perpetuation of racial entitlement” (!?!?!) (huffingtonpost.com)


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Conservative Supreme Court Justices’ View on Our Right to Vote is Shocking! (Original Post) Pistarkle Mar 2013 OP
It is time to reconsider the Voting Rights Act yellerpup Mar 2013 #1

yellerpup

(12,253 posts)
1. It is time to reconsider the Voting Rights Act
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:54 AM
Mar 2013

and extend the watch list to all 50 states. We need strong laws everywhere to insure fair elections.

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