No longer “Jim Crow” laws but “John Roberts” laws, just like we now use Kavanaugh Stops for racism.
Maybe, since they have legalized bribery, some racist Republicans with deep pockets put their hand in before this atrocious ruling that essentially guts the Voting Act which protected minorities. Will be interesting to see what some smart people come up with to counter the radical *conservatives* on SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday rolling back protections for Black and Latino voters marks another dramatic turn in the long-fought effort by conservative justices to reverse measures vital to overcoming America’s legacy of race discrimination.
The decision also marks a defining moment for the court under Chief Justice John Roberts, who declared soon after joining the bench in 2005, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
Three years ago, the justices by the same 6-3 vote as Wednesday ended racial affirmative action in higher education admissions. The newest decision, which follows a series of rulings led by Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito restricting the reach of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, will reverberate deeper.
Taken as a whole, the pattern would mean fewer chances for minority voters to elect candidates of their choosing. That, in turn, would mean fewer opportunities for the voice of Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and other minorities in government.
After Callais, calls to reform Supreme Court grow deafening
In the aftermath of deeply unpopular rulings, ethics scandals and overt displays of partisanship, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts faces a historic crisis of confidence. More Americans than ever hold an unfavorable opinion of the Supreme Court, recent polling has shown.
The court’s drop in favorability has coincided with the court’s conservative-appointed majority emboldening President Donald Trump’s political agenda by acquiescing to most of his vast claims of executive power. It has largely done so by utilizing its emergency — or “shadow” — docket to inexplicably pause lower-court restrictions on his policies.
In return, the president has repeatedly publicly attacked the court for even the slightest pushback to his extraordinary power grab.
“We are past the point of lamenting. Either Democrats are going to fundamentally remake this institution or they are co-signing autocracy,” Ryan Doerfler, a Harvard Law professor, wrote on social media after the Supreme Court’s ruling.
