Huffingtonpost: The Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government or in federal court.
The 5-4 ruling, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts joined by Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, found that “things have changed dramatically” in the south nearly 50 years after the Voting Rights Act was signed.
What hasn't changed at all is the movement represented by the 5 conservatives on the USSC, the five who voted to gut the voting rights act, the conservative movement - the Republican party - wants to steal elections by robbing all manner of poor, disabled, elderly, young, and minority Americans of their ability to vote.
The Voting Rights Act was the crown jewel of the Civil Rights laws. So basically, you can kiss the Civil Rights Act goodby as well. It seems congress no longer makes law in this country. At least no law the conservatives on the USSC don't like.
But back to the Republican party, they know that if all eligible voters vote, they lose. So they try to keep all eligible voters from voting. It's a simple as that. Remember that the next time you have the opportunity to vote (assuming they haven't already struck you from the rolls).
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