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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSurprise! The Supreme Court just handed down a significant victory for voting rights
https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/6/8/23753932/supreme-court-john-roberts-milligan-allen-voting-rights-act-alabama-racial-gerrymanderingThe Supreme Court did something genuinely shocking on Thursday. It handed down a 5-4 decision in Allen v. Milligan that preserves longstanding safeguards against racism in US elections, strikes down a gerrymandered congressional map in Alabama, and all but assures that Democrats will gain at least one congressional seat in the next election from that state.
Indeed, Chief Justice John Robertss opinion for the Supreme Court repeatedly chastises Alabamas lawyers for their aggressive efforts to rewrite longstanding law in order to render much of what remains of the Voting Rights Act an empty husk. As Roberts writes in a particularly pointed swipe at those lawyers, the heart of these cases is not about the law as it exists. It is about Alabamas attempt to remake our [Voting Rights Act] jurisprudence anew.
Robertss opinion was joined in full by all three of the liberal justices, and was joined almost entirely in full by Justice Brett Kavanaugh,
Of course, the idea that a court should follow precedent isnt supposed to be controversial indeed, its supposed to be highly unusual for a court to turn its back on one of its own precedents.
But this is the Roberts Court we are talking about here, a Court that, especially after former President Donald Trump remade its membership, has been extraordinarily willing to toss out seminal precedents and to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
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Surprise! The Supreme Court just handed down a significant victory for voting rights (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jun 2023
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What is going on at SCOTUS? Have the justices been passing a doob around or something?
Sky Jewels
Jun 2023
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LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)1. Part of me believes these Justices are set for life.
They dont need trump or any Republicans anymore. They are trying to win back credibility by voting precedent for a few things saving big battles like guns and abortion for their conservative bias.
Mad_Machine76
(24,406 posts)2. So
Racism is not *actually* over then?
I'm glad SCOTUS ruled the way they did but why does it feel like they're just throwing a bone at us, given how mad we are at them
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,909 posts)4. but the 4 Rightwing nuts still voted against it
Sky Jewels
(7,069 posts)5. What is going on at SCOTUS? Have the justices been passing a doob around or something?