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sonias

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1. Very scary

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 05:50 PM

Feb 2013

We know they have four solid votes to kill Section 5 - Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. We have our four supporters. The swing vote is Kennedy. He scares me. From prior cases I just don't think he's going to save it. I just have a gut feeling it's going to be 5-4 against saving section 5 of the VRA.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-voting-rights-act-20130227,0,5838178.story

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, whose vote may be decisive, said the states deserved to be treated equally and that Congress did not have reason to continue a law that puts the South under a special scrutiny.

The preparation we need to do is this
http://www.battlegroundtexas.com/

Vote big - like you mean it Texas!

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Update of SCOTUS oral arguments on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act [View all] Gothmog Feb 2013 OP

Very scary sonias Feb 2013 #1

You need to reverse the order of the four justices you mentioned in the first sentence TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #2

Nice acronym sonias Feb 2013 #3

RATS Melissa G Feb 2013 #4

Amazing how decades of effort can be washed away. mbperrin Feb 2013 #5