The Supreme Court Deals A New Blow To Voting Rights, Upholding Arizona Restrictions
The justices, in a 6-3 opinion, narrowed the only major section of the landmark Voting Rights Act that remains in effect.
Hasnain says:
Voting reform is desperately needed at a federal level, though I’m not sure how successful it can be if the courts strike things down like this.
“At the same time, GOP lawyers defending the laws candidly admitted during the oral argument in the case, that the Republican legislature's motive in enacting the Arizona voting restrictions was less anti-fraud and more political.
Not having such restrictions "puts us at a competitive disadvantage," said lawyer Michael Carvin, on behalf of the GOP. " Politics is a zero sum game, and every law they get through an unlawful interpretations of Section 2 hurts us."”
Posted on 2021-07-01T15:10:44+0000