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StrayKat

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2. It feels like a loss to me.

Reply to totodeinhere (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 12:06 PM

Jun 2013

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.

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So what is your overall opinion of the recent Supreme Court session? [View all] totodeinhere Jun 2013 OP

VRA was about lining the pockets of the 1%. DOMA and Prop 8 were not. onehandle Jun 2013 #1

Some GOP strategists have probably decided that the country is totodeinhere Jun 2013 #3

It feels like a loss to me. StrayKat Jun 2013 #2

A mixed bag, like everything in politics Recursion Jun 2013 #4

DOMA was low hanging fruit, even for the 5 hacks on the right. The 5 winger hacks have hacked away.. uponit7771 Jun 2013 #5

Very good and Very bad Marrah_G Jun 2013 #6

Like squirrels running across a road as a car is coming . . . zig . . . zag . . . zig . . . zigzig . Stinky The Clown Jun 2013 #7