Section 5 of Voting Rights Act UNCONSTITUTIONAL

[tude dog]

Isn't often a law is as successful as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

That act was passed to allow federal oversight to eliminate real discrimination based on race when it came to voting. It worked quite well.

In the words of George F. Will

Progressives resent progress when it renders anachronistic once-valid reasons for enlarging the federal government’s supervisory and coercive powers. Hence they regret Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling that progress has rendered Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional.

United States Supreme Court be damned.

Eric Holder no stranger to abuse of power predictably goes about in disregard to any respect to the Constitution or rights of the people and their sovereign states.

Holder Targets Texas in New Voting-Rights Push

The Obama administration moved to retain some oversight of the way states conduct elections after the Supreme Court invalidated part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, setting up a new fight with Republican governors.

The legal strategy, announced by Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday, is directed initially at Texas' voting procedures, but it promises to have much broader impact: The action in Texas, Mr. Holder said, "will not be our last." Other states expected to receive Justice Department scrutiny include South Carolina, North Carolina and Alaska.

On Thursday, the Justice Department asked a panel of judges in San Antonio to order continued scrutiny of the state's voting rules and operations, following the Supreme Court ruling in June that effectively nullified what had been a requirement for the state to seek federal approval of any changes.

[gmc]

So do you still think some kind of federal oversight is required to prevent states bringing in discriminatory legislation?

[LarsMac]

Certainly NOT in Texas.

[Accountable]

gmc;1432512 wrote: So do you still think some kind of federal oversight is required to prevent states bringing in discriminatory legislation?
Our federal government should do NOTHING that is not in strict compliance with our written federal Constitution. This is the gist of the Rule of Law.