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Robert Parry: The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court
from Consortium News:
The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court
February 28, 2013
Exclusive: The Rights desperation over U.S. demographic changes has spread to the U.S. Supreme Court where its five Republican partisans appear ready to tear up the most important part of the Voting Rights Act and thus clear the way for suppressing the votes of minorities, reports Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
If white rule in the United States is to be restored and sustained, then an important first step will be the decision of the five Neo-Confederate justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to gut the Voting Rights Act, a move that many court analysts now consider likely.
The Courts striking down Section Five of the Voting Rights Act will mean that jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting mostly in the Old Confederacy will be free to impose new obstacles to voting by African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities without first having to submit the changes to a federal court.
This green light to renew Jim Crow laws also would come at a time when Republican legislatures and governors across the country are devising new strategies for diluting the value of votes from minorities and urban dwellers in order to protect GOP power, especially within the federal government.
Already, the Republicans aggressive gerrymandering of congressional districts has ensured a continued GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives although Democrats outpolled Republicans nationwide in Election 2012. ........(more)
The complete piece is at: http://consortiumnews.com/2013/02/28/the-neo-confederate-supreme-court/
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Robert Parry: The Neo-Confederate Supreme Court (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2013
OP
aquart
(69,014 posts)1. So how do they feel about Catholics?
Because they may not think Fat Tony is the soul brother he thinks he is. Or any Italians.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Scalia's son is a priest.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)3. Thank god...end THAT contamination of the human gene pool! (n/t)
pscot
(21,024 posts)4. Scalia is said to be a member of Opus Dei
The man is a fanatic; a True Believer.
IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)5. I've Never Understood
... why and how the GOP has gotten away with this illegal gerrymandering. Wasn't anyone watching the store?