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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
4. No, voting laws are decided by the states.
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:43 AM
Jun 2021

However, the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965 under Lyndon Johnson put a limit onto the kinds of laws the states could pass.

In 2013, the right wing Supreme Court gutted that Act and states have been fucking minority voters more and more every year.

And today's Supreme Court is even crazier that the one which gutted the Act, which makes it unlikely that any new law passed by congress would remain in place.

Seems that the Republican theft of the Supreme Court is going to haunt us for decades to come.

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I may be naive about this but OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #1
Why do you think he can do that? zaj Jun 2021 #2
Just asking. OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #7
Ok, cool zaj Jun 2021 #11
Thank you OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #13
He Cannot, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2021 #3
Thank you OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #8
No, voting laws are decided by the states. Cyrano Jun 2021 #4
Thank you OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #9
Downright scary times ... and the media is just now noticing it KPN Jun 2021 #16
Can Flynn be court martialed and stripped of his rank? calimary Jun 2021 #22
Technically, Yes GB_RN Jun 2021 #24
Was the act completely gutted or are there remaining morsels to work with? housecat Jun 2021 #18
They Gutted The Enforcement Provision GB_RN Jun 2021 #26
USSC has been co-opted by the oligarchy. Simply that. jaxexpat Jun 2021 #20
the electoral college helps cons rig easily enough SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2021 #21
No, constitution only allows congress to do such uponit7771 Jun 2021 #6
Thank you OLDMDDEM Jun 2021 #10
So many of these problems would be fixed if Haggard Celine Jun 2021 #5
Manchin and Sinema need to be convinced Cyrano Jun 2021 #12
I think it's going to require organized protests against Manchin and Sinema in WV & AZ lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #17
We pay through our taxes for a legal system designed to respond... Eyeball_Kid Jun 2021 #14
I believe that Garland is moving as quickly as possible Cyrano Jun 2021 #15
We need to stop acting like spectators. If not now, when? housecat Jun 2021 #19
the constant emails asking for money is depressing. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2021 #23
Better late than never... dlk Jun 2021 #25
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