Chief Justice Roberts spent the morning showcasing how impossibly naive he is on matters of race

[turbinetree]

Abbott v. Perez is a case of mind-numbing procedural complexity. It involves Texas’ successful efforts to draw gerrymandered maps in 2011 — maps that were eventually found to be an illegal racial gerrymander by a federal court — and then maintain as much of these illegal maps as possible for as long as possible after the fact. It is a case about race discrimination, partisan gamesmanship, and rather blatant attempts to manipulate the legal system.

Or, if you are Chief Justice John Roberts, it is an opportunity to plant a flag for white racial innocence.

Perez (which is technically two consolidated cases with the same name), involves two different versions of Texas’ congressional and state legislative maps. The first set were drawn in 2011 as part of Texas’ obligation to draw new maps every ten years following the Census. The second were drawn in 2012 by a federal court under highly unusually and rushed conditions, and then adopted into Texas law by the state legislature in 2013.

https://thinkprogress.org/chief-justice-roberts-is-naive-on-matters-of-race-694f66339220/

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More than half a century ago, Congress recognized that this kind of delay was inherent in voting rights litigation. That is why Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with its requirement that certain election laws be scrutinized before they take effect. The way to stop voter suppression is to stop it before it happens.

But, of course, Chief Justice Roberts struck down that provision of the Voting Rights Act, because he thinks that America isn’t racist enough.


He should be Impeached.......................

[TomSlick]

1. Being wrong, even consistently so, is not grounds for impeachment.

SCOTUS justices have life-time appointments dependent only on "good behavior."

The important take-away is that presidential elections are really important. When Republicans control the White House, there will be SCOTUS nominees like, Roberts, Gorsuch and Thomas. It follows like night follows day. This fact is sufficient reason alone to do everything possible to avoid electing Republican presidents.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. "white racial innocence"

Speaking of "impossibly naive"... "White racial innocence" a term that gives a little more benefit than Justice Roberts deserves.

[UTUSN]

3. K&R