Ariz. sues feds over Voting Rights Act : claims law is unconstitutional

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44280196/ns/politics-more_politics/

Opening up a new front in its legal battles with the Obama administration, the state of Arizona on Thursday challenged the federal Voting Rights Act, prompting a swift response from Attorney General Eric Holder.

"The Voting Rights Act plays a vital role in our society by ensuring that every American has the right to vote and to have that vote counted. The Department of Justice will vigorously defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act in this case, as it has done successfully in the past," Holder said.

The state's lawsuit claims the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional, Horne said, "because it suspects all changes to state election law, however innocuous, until pre-clearance is given by the federal government."

The state objects to seeking federal approval to dissolve school districts that have no students and annex them to adjoining districts. "A statute as innocuous as this has to go through an approval process with the Justice Department. Such laws cannot be justified by any power delegated to the federal government by the Constitution," says the state's lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, DC.

[CanonRay]

1. The Voting Rights Act? Really?

These people have lost their collective minds.

[hifiguy]

2. Of course, it is perfectly constitutional

as was held by the SCOTUS back in the 1960s.

Given the Koch four and Anthony Kennedy, it may be up for grabs now. Though I can not see Kennedy voting to overturn it. The other four would in a heartbeat.