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In reply to the discussion: I'm really annoyed that someone people have JUST discovered the consequence of gutting the VRA [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Chief Justice John Roberts (appointed by President Bush) joined by Justices Antonin Scalia (appointed by President Reagan), Anthony Kennedy (appointed by President Bush), Clarence Thomas (appointed by President George H. W. Bush), and Samuel Alito (appointed by President Bush) were the majority, all appointed by Republican Presidents.
It was opposed by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer (Appointed by President Clinton) and Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan (appointed by President Obama).
This only addresses the nonfactual argument that it is Clinton's fault. Bill Clinton's Justices voted against it.
The repercussions of gutting the VRA was to remove the fundamental method we had available to states in line with a long history of disenfranchising minority voters, in general, and Black voters specifically.
We have seen laws passed that pretend to "protect the vote" but really push us back into the age of Jim Crow.