Tuesday, June 25, 2013
With the most recent volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography still ringing in my mind (the last two, actually) today's Supreme Court decision kicking the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the curb sickens me. It was a nearly impossible mountain to climb when it was enacted, and the rational for dispensing with it is an utter fiction. The fact that Congress re-authorized the Act 390 to 33 in the House and 98 to 0 in the Senate seven years ago is blithely waived off. This is, simply stated, a naked usurpation of legislative authority by the Court.
The Washington Post has a map that shows which states were required to submit changes in voting rules for pre-clearence; they are the states you'd expect. More interesting is the list of individual jurisdictions that were covered. For instance, Bronx County, Kings County and New York County. And Monterrey County, California.
The Washington Post has a map that shows which states were required to submit changes in voting rules for pre-clearence; they are the states you'd expect. More interesting is the list of individual jurisdictions that were covered. For instance, Bronx County, Kings County and New York County. And Monterrey County, California.
// posted by Bill @ 12:10 PM 
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