Opinion: RBG was right

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In 2013, the Supreme Court struck a devastating blow to voting rights with Shelby County v. Holder. The decision ended key provisions from the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which President Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Congress pushed to become law after the bloody attacks on civil rights protesters in Selma, Alabama.

In a 5-4 decision, the court struck down the law's preclearance formula requiring states and localities to obtain approval from the federal government before they changed their voting laws -- a provision that protected minority voters. But Chief Justice John Roberts argued that there was no longer a need for it by saying "our country has changed" for the better.

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a stinging dissent, arguing that throwing "out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."

RBG was right. She understood that the history of our democracy revealed the fragility of our commitment to protecting voting rights. There have been frequent rainstorms threatening the vote and we need strong legislation backed by the courts to protect marginalized groups.

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[elleng]

1. Of course she was. 'throwing "out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work

to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."'

[soldierant]

4. She didn't mention that those who were doing the throwing out

were not themselves worried about getting wet - and WANTED others - certain others - to get wet.

I don't know whether that would have been the right time and place to say it - probably not, since she didn't. But it needs to be said. A lot. And loudly.

[Mr.Bill]

2. Problem is today's Supreme Court

would probably give them the clearences.

[PoliWrangler]

3. "Our country has changed for the better"

... is the "Justice" displaying in full light of day his white privilege. Such insulation from reality is "let them eat cake" disconnect outside his tiny bubble of archaic perspective.

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. Is anyone at all surprised she was right?

She was always right.