28th June 2013, 2:56 PM
I pretty much agree with you exactly. Removing that particular pillar kinda guts the voting rights act pretty heavily. The "cognitive dissonance" isn't too bad if he's being honest about the reasoning being "you can't target specific states and not others", but still, by removing that, the ONLY way to fix it (and make the law better in the process), is now to pass a revised version of that part of the act that says ALL states must have such regulations pre-screened. (I would be completely in favor of that because, as you note, many more states these days beyond those original 9 are now passing discriminatory policies, including northern states.)
I also, sadly, very much agree that it would be near impossible to pass the needed revised law in today's congress. That's what makes it such a tragedy.
I also, sadly, very much agree that it would be near impossible to pass the needed revised law in today's congress. That's what makes it such a tragedy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)