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38. Looking at the Civil Rights movement

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 05:29 PM

Feb 2013

Yes. I think anger could break out over this. I mean, it did over Civil Rights before. Economically, African Americans are worse off than they have been in twenty years. You take away the Voting Rights Act on top of that, after Republican efforts to stifle voting in 2012, and this can stir nonstop trouble.

Now add in the fact that other minorities are larger than they've ever been, and have also been the target of GOP racism and disenfranchisement and you have the possibility of convulsions as large as the '60s.

If the Supreme Court knocks this down, they will have overreached. It's hard to say how many consequences it'll bring down on itself and the Republican Party. This will not go smoothly.

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Conservative Justices Voice Skepticism on Voting Law [View all] onehandle Feb 2013 OP

Um Link? /nt Drale Feb 2013 #1

The VRA is toast Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #2

You hit that nail on the head. The USA may never recover from this court. loudsue Feb 2013 #4

Civil rights can not simply wait for old men to die off and be replaced demwing Feb 2013 #13

Civil disobedience is our only recourse Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #34

You may be wrong on this. cosmicone Feb 2013 #16

Just because he did it on the ACA caseymoz Feb 2013 #18

I was talking about Roberts, not Thomas. cosmicone Feb 2013 #24

Roberts is making it very plain Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #35

We may need a revolution dbackjon Feb 2013 #26

Actually gay rights has an excellent chance of passing Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #36

Isn't this the effect John2 Feb 2013 #27

The Dems had the clout to stop Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #33

Alito, Scalia, Thomas & Roberts lark Feb 2013 #3

it's the only way they'll get the power back lie cheat steal - well when they do what do we do? leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #8

They take away our right to a good free education lark Feb 2013 #9

if any country did this to us we'd be at war leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #17

If they even threatened to do these things lark Feb 2013 #22

The neoConfederates want another civil war Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #37

I can feel a pit in my stomach ... srican69 Feb 2013 #5

Sad but not surprising. iandhr Feb 2013 #6

What a disgrace. nt octoberlib Feb 2013 #7

"Oh, these white hoods? It's because we're dressing up as ghosts, you can totally trust us." ck4829 Feb 2013 #10

They should alter the law to subject all states to section 5. nt Comrade_McKenzie Feb 2013 #11

Agreed. Federal elections should be federalized. But the de-centralization crowd wants fiefdoms. freshwest Feb 2013 #14

I agree but not sure the Constitution agrees. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #23

The Roberts court will take us back to Brown V Board of Education TeamPooka Feb 2013 #12

Remember we expected the worst over the Affordable Care Act. iandhr Feb 2013 #15

True, the leaks prior to that were not favorable. Electoral reform was mentioned in Obama's election freshwest Feb 2013 #25

If this is done, there should be a nonstop caseymoz Feb 2013 #19

Do you think such a movement is likely to occur? Peter cotton Feb 2013 #20

Looking at the Civil Rights movement caseymoz Feb 2013 #38

I believe the problem is that the law is not backed up by the Constitution. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #21

Voting Rights John2 Feb 2013 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Feb 2013 #31

Agreed sakabatou Feb 2013 #39

Someone pointed out that the 15th Amendment applies. I stand corrected. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #40

Those FUCKS are just looking to steal more elections. . . . BigDemVoter Feb 2013 #29

Right after this, they're going after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 --Bank on it.... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #30

kick for updates OKNancy Feb 2013 #32