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Tuesday, June 25. 2013

The Shelby case


A somewhat tentative, but good decision. I agree with this: The Supreme Court Comes to Grips with Reality.


Prof. Yoo:



 Will this be bad for Republicans in the South? The Voting Rights Act resulted in an alliance between the NAACP and the Republican Party in the 1980s and 1990s to pack minorities into voting districts. This had the effect of ensuring that minorities would be elected to Congress (to the delight of the NAACP), but diluted minority influence elsewhere by reducing their numbers in all other voting districts (the GOP's end of the bargain). The end of the Voting Rights Act might have the long-term effect of making staunchly Republican congressional seats in the South more competitive and reducing the number of safe seats for members of the Congressional Black Caucus.  I would say that is another victory for the nation wrought by Shelby.



Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 20:54 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Is it really better for the Nation. That's my question.

Sides along with AA, seems to me.

Hard to keep a focused interest anymore, as it is all so corrupt, all three branches.
#1 XRay on 2013-06-25 22:48 (Reply)
QUOTE:
Cassel: If the President deems that he’s got to torture somebody, including by crushing the testicles of the person’s child, there is no law that can stop him?

Yoo: No treaty.

Cassel: Also no law by Congress. That is what you wrote in the August 2002 memo.

Yoo: I think it depends on why the President thinks he needs to do that.
#2 Zachriel on 2013-06-26 07:40 (Reply)
Interpretation: "It's Bush's fault." When the left is caught in a lie or committed a felonious act they always fall back on "it's Bush's fault". So what is Zac hiding now?
#2.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2013-06-26 10:22 (Reply)
GoneWithTheWind: Interpretation: "It's Bush's fault."

No, just providing background on the source.
#2.1.1 Zachriel on 2013-06-26 10:33 (Reply)
But would you have provided background on the source if it were Obama's fault? Or to put it another way are you honest or not?
#2.1.1.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2013-06-26 19:03 (Reply)
GoneWithTheWind: But would you have provided background on the source if it were Obama's fault?

It doesn't matter if it is legal cover for torture under Bush, or justification for surveillance under Obama. Power without accountability is an invitation to abuse.
#2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2013-06-27 09:22 (Reply)

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