Supreme Court to review Voting Rights Act.

[RandySF]

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a legal challenge to the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law adopted in 1965 to protect African-American voters who had faced decades of discrimination at the polls.

The high court accepted an appeal brought by Shelby County, Alabama, challenging a core provision of the act that requires nine states and several local governments with a history of bias to get federal permission to change their election procedures.

(Reporting by Terry Baynes and Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Jackie Frank)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/09/us-usa-court-voting-law-idUSBRE8A81G920121109

[villager]

1. Of course.

If the current fix didn't work, they'll be working on newer fixes for 2016.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Uh-oh. There that goes.

I was hoping Obama would have the chance to appoint at least one SC Justice before this came about.

[SoCalDem]

3. They need to ADD PA & OH to the list

[Anthony McCarthy]

4. Judicial RATSfucking

It's time to do something about the Republican right on the Supreme Court and its meddling in our elections. We'd have clean elections if it wasn't for them.

We should draw the line from them to the massive sewage that flowed out of peoples' TVs during this election. Turn up the heat.

[liberal N proud]

5. Too many minorities voting?

If they look at anything with regard to elections, they need to look at all the voter suppression tactics that have taken place and how the elections are managed in general in a very partisan.

[sufrommich]

6. Unbelievable! nt

[Kolesar]

7. So much for deference to the legislature

"legislating from the bench"

[RomneyLies]

8. Well, there goes the Voting Rights Act.

Same fuckers who gave us Citizens United will take away the right to vote.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

10. You can pretty much bet on that. n/t

[RomneyLies]

11. Send fatty food to Scalia

That may be our only hope.

[Junkdrawer]

9. I'm guessing Kennedy wants to retire....

So they need to milk his vote for all they can before he does.