Supreme Court Considers Gutting Voting Rights, Again
For anyone paying attention, the VRA hasn't been 'gutted'—it's been meticulously dismembered piece by piece by this very court. Recall Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, which axed Section 4(b) and essentially neutered Section 5's preclearance requirement. That decision, born of dubious logic that 'racism is over,' paved the way for a torrent of voter suppression laws across the country, forcing the
very 'high stakes' legal battles MSNBC now breathlessly reports. This isn't a new threat; it's the predictable, calculated continuation of a project well underway. One might wonder when the media will stop acting surprised by each successive blow to fundamental rights and start acknowledging the Supreme Court's consistent pattern of dismantling civil rights protections. How many times will an act
designed to correct systemic injustice need to be 'gutted' before we realize it's simply being executed?