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Related: About this forumScalia Escalates His Criticism The Of Voting Rights Act (X posted at GD)
SAHIL KAPUR APRIL 17, 2013, 4:15 PM 6069
Justice Antonin Scalia this week escalated his criticism of the Voting Rights Act ahead of a Supreme Court decision expected within the next two months raising the likelihood that he and perhaps a majority of justices will overturn the landmark law.
Speaking on Monday night at the University of Californias Washington Center, in D.C, Scalia described a centerpiece of the 1965 law as an embedded form of racial preferment, in remarks captured by the Wall Street Journal. He reportedly warned that the law would be reauthorized into perpetuity unless the courts invalidate it.
The Supreme Court is poised to rule on the constitutionality of the Voting Right Acts Section 5, which requires state and local governments with a history of racial discrimination to receive federal pre-approval before changing their voting laws. Civil rights advocates warn that portion of the law is key to protecting minorities from discrimination.
During oral arguments in the case, Shelby County v. Holder, in late February, Scalia said that portion of the law and its repeated renewal by Congress reflects a perpetuation of racial entitlement. The other conservatives justices were also deeply skeptical that Section 5 of the law remains valid given the changing times.
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Scalia Escalates His Criticism The Of Voting Rights Act (X posted at GD) (Original Post)
DonViejo
Apr 2013
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he WANTS to tip his hand. Like Nathan Jessup, he's itching to brag about ordering the code red
ZRT2209
Apr 2013
#1
Scalia is not only on the wrong side the issue, he is politicking like the cheap huckster
ladjf
Apr 2013
#2
ZRT2209
(1,357 posts)1. he WANTS to tip his hand. Like Nathan Jessup, he's itching to brag about ordering the code red
ladjf
(17,320 posts)2. Scalia is not only on the wrong side the issue, he is politicking like the cheap huckster
he is. The day he is no longer on the SC, will be a great day for Americans.
Hosnon
(7,800 posts)3. He is WAY out of line. He does not have the authority to decide whether any legislation
should be reauthorized into perpetuity. That is not a valid constitutional challenge. If Congress and the people want to reauthorize it, that's the end of it.
Pride is slowly destroying his judicial legacy.
sakabatou
(42,157 posts)4. Where's my clue-by-four?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)5. The word: Asshole
The orifice Scalia talks out of