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1StrongBlackMan

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10. I get your point; but ...

Reply to alsame (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:30 PM

Feb 2013

the VRA nDOES apply to all 50 states ... and if A, OH and FL keep it up, they could very well find themselves added to the list of states that must seek the Pre-clearance part, that is what is being litigated.

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Only thing I care about today is the Voting Rights Act [View all] JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 OP

Kennedy is right. Those nine states alsame Feb 2013 #1

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I think Section 5 JustAnotherGen Feb 2013 #4

Yes. What you said. nt MADem Feb 2013 #8

I get your point; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2013 #10

actually ginsburg is right noiretextatique Jun 2013 #12

clever -- roberts asked verrilli if "*citizens* in the south are more racist..." unblock Feb 2013 #2

Scalia is actually PERTURBED that the damn thing even still exists Number23 Feb 2013 #5

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John Lewis and others have called Scalia out on his crap Number23 Feb 2013 #9

That's why JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #11