The Voting Rights Act is dead. : uspolitics@lemmy.world

The Voting Rights Act is dead. (www.democracydocket.com)

submitted 6 months ago by DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf to c/uspolitics@lemmy.world

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So, SCOTUS just killed the Voting Rights Act. Greeat.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

"It was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers."

Reason n+1 that every single member of the Confederacy should've been strung up by their genitals and made to imitate chandeliers.

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

HERE-HERE

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 6 months ago

they shouldve been wiped off the face of america, but they were given voting priveleges instead which was a mistake.

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This is your reminder that we are BARELY done with 25% of this fucking presidency in the BEST case scenario.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

wait til alito and clarence allows segregation laws again, plus who can go to which stores or facilities.

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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

They will never be able to get the stains out of Thomas's pants from that day.

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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf [S] 2 points 6 months ago

That presidency might actually turn into a dictatorship in a post-Voting Rights Act America. Trump basically bought himself a permanent autocracy in the worst case.

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