the scales of justice did not weigh more toward equality this past week [View all]
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it's great that a significant part of DOMA and Prop 8 were struck down, but the court gave with one hand and took away with the other. the court eviscerated the Voting Rights Act and there looks to be no remedy in the offing. Millions of minorities will be disenfranchised. With no remedy other than the Justice Department suing after the fact, discriminatory laws will spring up like dandelions and those laws will be legal and viciously enforced.
Representative John Lewis- a true hero in every sense of the word- nearly died for what's often called the crown jewel of civil rights.
As he said, the conservative majority struck a dagger through its heart.
Legislatures in virtually all the states controlled by republicans will quickly pass terrible bills. They will be signed into law by republican governors.
Officials in Texas have already stated that the dreadful voter ID law that was blocked by a federal court for imposing "“strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor", will go into effect immediately and redistricting no longer need federal approval. Last year a federal court deemed the redistricting maps as being discriminatory in intent. And that's just Texas.
The facts about Texas can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/texas-voter-id-law_n_3497724.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
It's nothing short of a tragedy.
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