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MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court says a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced until Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require close federal monitoring of elections.
The justices said in 5-4 ruling Tuesday that the law Congress most recently renewed in 2006 relies on 40-year-old data that doesnt reflect racial progress and changes in U.S. society.
The court did not strike down the advance approval requirement of the law that has been used, mainly in the South, to open up polling places to minority voters in the nearly half century since it was first enacted in 1965. But they said lawmakers must update the formula for determining which parts of the country must seek Washingtons approval for election changes.
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)That is the ruling I was hoping for. Didn't happen that way, though. What a terrible decision.
This is a very bad decision.
BeyondGeography
(39,438 posts)Like having SC judges appointed by Democrats. Not asking for much here...
SamKnause
(13,206 posts)What exactly are they so supreme at ?
9 judges that can never be fired should not hold this much power.
Our entire judicial system is a fucking joke.
A fair and impartial court would have left the ruling in place until the new data is obtained.
Our 'Supreme Court' should be striving to make voting easier for every U.S. citizen.
Our 'Supreme Court' should be protecting the rights of people, not corporations.
It does not matter how many times they repeat corporations are people, THEY ARE NOT.
Corporations should not have MORE rights than living breathing humans.
I am so fed up with the 'government' of the U.S.
It is nothing but a cluster fuck of greedy power hungry asswhips, bowing and groveling at the feet of their corporate masters.