Members TampaYankee Posted June 25, 2013 Members Posted June 25, 2013 Voting Rights Act Section 4 Struck Down By Supreme Court Read all about it... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/voting-rights-act-supreme-court_n_3429810.html Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted June 25, 2013 Author Members Posted June 25, 2013 A travesty. The country and democracy moves backward five decades. Quote
AdamSmith Posted June 25, 2013 Posted June 25, 2013 Pretty good dissection of Roberts' "crafty" "cynical" opinion: http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/supreme-court-voter-rights-act-racism-over Quote
Members RA1 Posted June 26, 2013 Members Posted June 26, 2013 I don't like for the Supreme Court to legislate or seemingly legislate. However, the Congress and federal government have legislated entirely too many things that do not seem to be federal business. There is a very long list of these things that I will not go into now. My point is that, from what I have observed, a lot of attitudes have changed over the last 50 years. Words or laws will not change the attitude of some. Society or culture must have a chance to go it alone without the heavy hand of government on their necks. I think I know that most of the posters who read these political threads think what I suggest is not possible and will not happen. I freely acknowledge that there will be bumps but there already are bumps which were not and will never be solved by federal law. During my lifetime I have seen Ross Barnett and George Wallace "stand in the doorway". I have seen Medgar Evers murdered. I have seen James Meredith vilified. I have seen Martin Luther King murdered. I have seen National Guard troops in the streets of Memphis. Obviously there was a lot of violence and turmoil, especially during the "early" days and "progress" needed to and did continue thereafter. What should happen now? Is there not some middle or different ground we can stand upon and try? I would like to think so. Best regards, RA1 Quote
