Kagan canonical dissent in Brnovich:
"If a single statute represents the best of America, it is the Voting Rights Act...
If a single statute reminds us of the worst of America, it
is the Voting Rights Act. Because it was—and remains—so necessary."
The majority is very bad news.
"If a single statute represents the best of America, it is the Voting Rights Act...
If a single statute reminds us of the worst of America, it
is the Voting Rights Act. Because it was—and remains—so necessary."
The majority is very bad news.
Kagan dissent:
"Rarely has a statute required so much sacrifice to ensure
its passage. Never has a statute done more to advance the Nation’s highest ideals. And few laws are more vital in the current moment. Yet in the last decade, this Court has
treated no statute worse."
2/
"Rarely has a statute required so much sacrifice to ensure
its passage. Never has a statute done more to advance the Nation’s highest ideals. And few laws are more vital in the current moment. Yet in the last decade, this Court has
treated no statute worse."
2/
3/
In the next page, Kagan drops in a none-too-subtle reference to Dred Scott to shame the shameless Roberts Court:
In the next page, Kagan drops in a none-too-subtle reference to Dred Scott to shame the shameless Roberts Court:
4/ Kagan pays tribute to RBG by quoting her iconic Shelby dissent:
"Discarding Section 5 because those [racist disenfranchisement] schemes had diminished
was 'like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.'" (RBG in Shelby)
"Discarding Section 5 because those [racist disenfranchisement] schemes had diminished
was 'like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.'" (RBG in Shelby)
5/ To all the commentators who prematurely noted "looksies, consensus this SCOTUS term? Not so many sharp partisan ideological 6-3 decisions, right?"...
Always wait until last day, please. And today was bad:
Always wait until last day, please. And today was bad:
https://twitter.com/LeahLitman/status/1410602068331532295?s=20
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