nothing about that. in fact, they don t even talk about racial polarization and voting very well. there s so much that they get wrong in this decision. that s why it won t stand the test of time. it s going to be overruled, no doubt about it. if i could jump in on barbara s point, i think the terrible irony is that they didn t look at alabama. the plaintiff in the case, who has an incredible recent record. absolutely. of voting violations, and has been under the microscope of the justice department for exactly that reason. and, you know, one of the things, i think, is very disen heartening about the opinion, and maybe is revealing, is how little attention is actually paid to the constitution. right. and chief justice roberts barely gives a glance to the 15th amendment, which says which is where it is! right. congress has the authority to pass appropriate legislation. now, ruth bader ginsburg, who i know now we are all super fans of, pointed to that very clearly and sa
behind robert s opinion? it s a cynical recognition that congress is dysfunctional. if you can t pass a farm bill if you can t raise your debt ceiling, your economic status globally, how can you possibly pass a law as controversial as this? we believe, however, as kenji pointed out, that voting is unique and that there was such strong bipartisan support in 2006, for the reauthorization, that we can count on both democrats and republicans to stand up to this decision. before we go, i do want to remind folks that as hard as congress, at the federal level, as difficult as they re finding it to pass laws, states are having no problem. right, right, right. and i wanted to remind us of how bad it has been in this country. i am looking right now at a literacy test that was part of what it took for someone to vote the in my state in louisiana. and you had to ask questions answer questions like, draw a line around the number or letter of this sentence. draw a line under the last
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section 2 of the 15th amendment, the right to enact legislation that is appropriate to enforce the provisions of this article, meaning the voting, you know, promise in 15-1, it just seems so obvious that they would have the right to enact something like the voting rights act. so to me, i think what we need to and to reauthorize it. not just that the congress of the 1960s had the right to do it, but the congress of 2006 had the right to reaffirm it. and that the congress of 2013 needs to be asked, right? i mean, this is voting is different. like, i care a lot about, obviously, about same-sex marriage. i care a lot about affirmative action, but voting is different. the supreme court has told us that voting is a right that is preservative of all other rights. so i think we need to face down congress right now in 2013 and say to them, okay, you keep telling us you can t do everything, everyone else keeps saying you re so dysfunctional, maybe immigration is an exception, but you re
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