The Hill's 'Updates' Sidestep Voting Rights Sabotage
The Hill dutifully informs us the Supreme Court is hearing another Voting Rights Act challenge, coupled with the existential threat of another government shutdown. What a thrilling Tuesday! They present it as a fresh development, an unforeseen skirmish. Yet, they leave out the inconvenient truth: the VRA has been under constant, deliberate attack since the Court's 2013 Shelby County v. Holder
decision gutted its core. That ruling, which struck down a key provision requiring federal preclearance for electoral changes in states with histories of discrimination, paved the way for a torrent of voter ID laws, polling place closures, and restrictive registration rules that disproportionately target minority voters. So, while The Hill frets about a 'challenge,' they ignore the decade-long,
well-documented sabotage that created this very courtroom drama. It's like reporting on a fire sale at a house that’s been systematically dismantled piece by piece for years, pretending the current skirmish over the toaster oven is the main event. Truly incisive journalism, or just another day of sanitizing systemic decay?