Roberts, Scalia and Voters | Common Dreams

Roberts, Scalia and Voters | Common Dreams
"The outcome of the argument is almost a foregone conclusion. The only suspense is in waiting to find out if Massachusetts continues to be used to justify the ruling and whether the Court applies the Scalia Cowardly Congress theory to justify its ruling. One thing seems certain-Scalia and Roberts will be the winners. The voters will be the losers."

Why Chief Justice Roberts’ Voting Rights Act Math Doesn’t Add Up

Why Chief Justice Roberts’ Voting Rights Act Math Doesn’t Add Up: The US Supreme Court seems poised to invalidate a key section of the Voting Rights Act after last week’s hostile oral argument. Conservative justices insisted that special protections for minority voters in historically discriminatory districts are now obsolete. While Justice Antonin Scalia brashly attacked the law as “a perpetuation of racial entitlement,” Chief Justice John [...]/p