I believe that this assumes precedent matters. The other thing this court has declared is that precedent means nothing. That's the important take to have if things are going to get fixed.
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It’s interesting that these guys changed the law because they didn’t think it applied anymore. Not cause the law was wrong.
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The social contract is broken. All bets are off.
Sounds like a recipe for Civil War 2
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They said the same old shit about "never being able to overturn roe v wade" but they fucked that up too.
They can do whatever they want at any time doesn't matter what bullshit law they passed this has been proven time and time again over the years
Bullshit. The whole point of checks and balances within this system of government (though it's not working presently) is that Congress can work to override the judiciary when they get it wrong. The Constitution can be amended to enshrine the VRA, etc -- of course the states have to ratify which could be a tall order. And since the judiciary gave the president carte blanche to do whatever he/she wants, they could simply sign an executive order at this point to deal with this and say "Fuck you" to the Supreme Court.
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Kind of, it opened political gerrymandering to no limit so now just need to ban republican districts
Fall of a nation.
There is no reason to be against the Voting Rights Act beyond racism. That's the only possible explanation.
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It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the future, too.
Until the ruling is overruled by different justices on a future Supreme Court.
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