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In reply to the discussion: "The Roberts court stands on the brink of making an error of historic proportions." [View all]John2
(2,730 posts)on the Court is a travesty to every African American and our ancestors that fought for the Right to vote in this country. I say this as one Black male to another. I find his logic for voting against section five convoluted. Does he make the claim that Congress had the right to implement Section five because it was needed at one point in time but since there has been little evidence of discrimination in a certain area now, that it is now UnConstituitional? Since when can you decide something is Constitutional at one time and then not Constitutional at some later Date? If you are going to use such logic, then every Amendment or law in the Constitution would be subject to being overturned at some future date. The Second Amendment to bear arms could be overturned for example because the same conditions no longer apply. And after looking at Thomases entire Judicial record, it gives the appearance of an assault on minority rights of any group in this country that are protected in law. I can see why some refer to him as an Uncle Tom. And I have come to that opinion without even considering his personal private problems with Anita Hill. I'm not some uppity Black either. So he can't go there. The very reason he is on the Court was to replace a minority. He could have refused the appointment because it was Affirmative Action that placed him there.