tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post5868882403358349513..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Three worthwhile reads in reaction to the unfortunate Voting Rights Act decisionEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-6215903765404898572013-06-27T14:47:47.969-04:002013-06-27T14:47:47.969-04:00~But by stepping in on a legislative task in a Con...~But by stepping in on a legislative task in a Congress that is not inclined to pass anything they've effectively destroyed the principal guarantor of the fifteenth amendment.~<br /><br />This is just non-sense on stilts. The principal guarantor in legislation is Article 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The only way that the pre-clearance procedures of the VRA make any sense is to claim that the United States is exactly the same country as it was in 1965 - a fact that was no longer case by the mid-1970s when black and white participation in voting were roughly on par. <br />The Libertarian Standard Bearerhttp://www.thestandardisthestandard.isthestandard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-37937653930542439352013-06-26T10:19:41.898-04:002013-06-26T10:19:41.898-04:00So here's the 15th amendment, in its entirety:...So here's the 15th amendment, in its entirety:<br /><br /><br /><br /> Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.<br /><br /> Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.<br /><br />The VRA was passed by Congress to enforce Article 1 of the amendment. So any argument that the VRA is unconstitutional amounts to an argument that the 15th Amendment is unconstitutional, which is an obvious category error.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.com