So what is your overall opinion of the recent Supreme Court session?

[totodeinhere]

I would call it a mixed bag. Overturning a key provision of DOMA was big. The Prop 8 ruling was a victory although I would have preferred that it had been more sweeping throwing out gay marriage bans nationwide. Yes I know, that was probably not realistic at this time. The gutting on the VRA was horrible and they essentially punted on affirmative action. So overall it's a wash I would say.

[onehandle]

1. VRA was about lining the pockets of the 1%. DOMA and Prop 8 were not.

Same old pro-corporation SCOTUS, so no skin off their noses.

Thanks, Ralph.

[totodeinhere]

3. Some GOP strategists have probably decided that the country is

changing and they can no longer exploit social issues for political gain. So this allows them to concentrate on protecting the 1%. I agree with you.

[StrayKat]

2. It feels like a loss to me.

The decision on DOMA was great, but the ruling on the VRA likely means a return to Jim-Crow-like laws allowing the right to grab more seats on all levels. If this happens, the ruling on DOMA won't stand.

[Recursion]

4. A mixed bag, like everything in politics

You have good days and bad days; you dust off and move on.

[uponit7771]

5. DOMA was low hanging fruit, even for the 5 hacks on the right. The 5 winger hacks have hacked away..

...again in a hackish manner

The harder stuff was the voting rights....another ... another slam to the democracy...

[Marrah_G]

6. Very good and Very bad

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Like squirrels running across a road as a car is coming . . . zig . . . zag . . . zig . . . zigzig .

. . . zag . . . zagzigzag . . . . .

I think the decisions were pure politics and not good jurisprudence. Agendas mattered more than law.