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PostPosted: 03/02/21 9:23 am • # 1 
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Conservatives on the Supreme Court Are Trying to Quietly Toss Aside Federalism
Four Justices have made plain their intent to void efforts to facilitate voting rights


Republicans have long attacked so-called “activist” federal judges, claiming they interfere with the constitutionally protected autonomy of state government officials, particularly when federal courts have intervened to bar racial discrimination in voting and education. But the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority is now poised to dictate to state judges and governors how to enforce their own election laws, so as to tip the scales in favor of Republican candidates. Working in tandem with Republican legislators seeking to further suppress and dilute Democratic votes, the Court could usher in decades of ...

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PostPosted: 03/02/21 3:00 pm • # 2 
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The sad thing is the GOP and far right judges are legally, if not morally, right in heaping votng rights power onto the States. It goes right back to the development of the American Constitution. There was a huge fight over who should be allowed to vote. In the end the founders decided that each state should have the right to determine voting rights. In the beginning most states only allowed property owners to vote. By 1860 most states had dropped property ownership as the only criteria but there were still restrictions in most states. In fact, it wasn't until the 1960's that the last of the Jim Crow laws disappeared although there is a distinct possibility that some may reappear over the next four years.


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PostPosted: 03/02/21 4:27 pm • # 3 
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And the Electoral College was introduced to give more power to the slave states

https://time.com/4558510/electoral-coll ... y-slavery/


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PostPosted: 03/02/21 7:45 pm • # 4 
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"The Brennan Center reports that, as of the first week of February, 33 state legislatures (most or all dominated by the GOP)"

about 2/3 have a majority. that does not leave them with a majority of US legislatures, particularly in terms of EV.

this might solidify the close elections we have seen since 2000, but it does NOT ensure a Republican majority either in terms of EV or the House.


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