Justice Scalia is entitled to be nuts
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Yesterday Supreme Court Justice and all around nut, Antonin Scalia, said the Voting Rights Act, a law that has been reauthorized by Congress five times, was a “racial entitlement.”
Now God bless Justice Scalia, but the right to vote is shared by all. That the Voting Rights Act needed to be enacted in the first place, and reauthorized to protect the right of minorities to vote freely and fairly is in reality a shame.
Scalia’s words and likely position removes the protection of federal law from those who need it and entitles bigots and political hacks to gerrymander and make polling difficult through fewer polling places for those in districts with a higher minority population.
I do look forward to hearing fellow nut Clarence Thomas’s take on this. But as usual, I suspect Thomas will travel in lockstep with whatever Scalia and Alito decide.
We just celebrated the anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus. In a sad way I’m almost happy for Rosa that she didn’t live to see the bigot’s fine five friends on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Jess
February 28, 2013 at 1:43 am
Clarence has not asked any questions or spoken the whole time he has been on the court, this time will be no different Joe. That he gets paid to have his minions do the work as a life appointment, will get a great pension and bennies others don’t, really pisses me off. He will follow along with what Scalia says as he always does. Roberts tried to get some things done back to get rid of voting rights, when he was a minion in the St Ronnie era and could not, now he has his chance as the chief justice. Maybe this will force some kind of laws on the books from congress, that will stop all these voting irregularities. Hey I’m a dreamer, what can I say.
Dale Fisk
February 28, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Clarence Thomas is an embarrassment. He was the republican token and despite the overwhelming evidence that he was an ignorant skirt chaser, the dems caved and OK’d his nomination. To do otherwise would have opened them up to racism accusations.
Joe Hagstrom
February 28, 2013 at 8:19 am
I’ll be dreaming with you Jess. Hopefully the disenfranchised remember who is keeping them disenfranchised in future elections
Arthurofone41
February 28, 2013 at 9:24 am
Ok I’m not against vote rights by any means but Scalia, dick he is, has a point, in saying this is an old law, and times change, so maybe some revisions? We don’t need to thow the baby out with the bathwater you now.
Jess
February 28, 2013 at 9:57 am
Well things in some areas this last election, were very bad for minority voters. People in heavily democratic “urban”, GoOper code for not white, had to wait hours to vote, while heavily republican areas got in and out with hardly any wait times. So, no, got to respectfully disagree with you here, it is not changing at all.
That the republican led state houses were able to basically gerrymander their areas to suit them, in some states, with zero input from democrats, nope not changing. This will allow republicans a strong hold for many years, even though they lost the popular vote by over a million votes in the house of representatvies. Some states are taking it even further by trying to award electoral votes by land surface not actual voters. that is wrong any way you look at it imo.
Rambo Ike
March 1, 2013 at 5:53 pm
More humor from the *Covenant.
There wouldn’t of been any need for a Voting Rights Act if the Democrat party platforms for more than a 100 years had been one of equal rights for all.
Republicans finally broke through the tyranny during the Eisenhower Administration mainly led by Republican Senator Dirksen.
Today, the Left stands history on its head and revises it to make it look like the Republicans were the ‘Party of Racism’.
*A mutual agreement between 2 or more people to operate in a like manner
Marsha Woerner
February 28, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Love the headline!
Unfortunately, too many people think that Justice Scalia is NOT nuts, despite the fact that he is!
Dale Fisk
February 28, 2013 at 5:55 pm
The Republicans love the guy. Some say his picture hangs in congressional offices.
AnonymousNot
February 28, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Rumor has it that Scalia has had some trouble with the cops, but it was always covered up because he is who he is. That wouldn’t surprise me one bit.
Jill Tess
February 28, 2013 at 9:55 pm
You libs are all gone brain dead if you don’t respect Justice Alito. The man has a huge intellect, and just because you don’t see that you berate him.
Jess
February 28, 2013 at 11:01 pm
You Goopers are all brain dead, if you think Scalia and Alito are the same man and we are talking about Alito, when it clearly says Justice Scalia in the headline. Reading comprehension is not a strong point in GoOper circles, so you may want to work on yours. There fixed that all up for you. yer welcome. Now go away, before I taunt you a second time.