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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=takoma]Did anyone notice the Voting Rights ruling?  Looks to me like the most activist decision since Citizens United.  Senate votes 97 to 3 -- Scalia says: What do they know?

What are your thoughts?[/quote]

I'm a liberal, and I am not entirely against the decision.  I get the point, namely that the test for jurisdictions requiring preclearance is set on a benchmark that is decades old.  A lot has changed, and how can you not update that?

My fear is that the current Congress is so dysfunctional that they can't address the court's concerns.  But I'm not sure that such considerations are SCOTUS' problem.  That said, it may become their problem if the legislature does not put up a new formula.[/quote]

This.

I don't like the decision.  But I can accept that perhaps these justices did feel compelled by the law to vote this way.  Congress has to do their due diligence and come up with modern, reasonable data.  [b]The fact that Congress will be INCAPABLE of doing anything is not the SCOTUS' problem.  But the Scotus must know that the defacto impact of this decision will be increased discrimination at the polls and consequently, a change in voting that may impact upcoming elections.  [/b][/quote]

I read an analogy yesterday saying that this ruling is like intentional grounding in football-- Throwing a pass when you know there is no one there to catch it. A penalty, in the NFL!
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