Court rules that only US federal government can sue to enforce Voting Rights Act, appeal being sent to SCOTUS
(www.theguardian.com)
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So this news is actually a mixed bag. In the short term, it's likely a major victory but I completely understand the apprehension the commenters are putting out there.
The reason this is a short term victory is that this ruling prevents entities like ActBlue, Media Matters and the literally dozens of leftist/communist outlets that would immediately sue the hell out of any city that did anything close to implementing something like voter id.
These groups have been so litigious, a lot of cities didn't want to do anything to secure their elections for fear of having one of these extremely well-funded groups drag them into court.
That being said, folks are absolutely right here in the comments that it's very concerning that the ruling states that only the federal government can sue on perceived violations of the voting rights act.
But at least in the short term based on what's been happening for the past 2 decades, this is a massive victory.
EDIT: Item I neglected to mention: If you go on twatter/X and search for this ruling, you will see high profile Leftist accounts completely losing their shit over this ruling. Of course, they're not telling their readers the real reason this is so bad for the Dems. It's all under the umbrella of "Minorities will be disenfranchised". So their panic should tell you something right there.
Thank you for this
No problem, PW. This is a really important ruling and I thank you for posting it. This is a story/post that the mods should sticky given its importance to future elections.
Although in my experience, memes typically have a better chance of being stickied than real news like this that impacts the Great Awakening.
I will say that this is clear proof of a broken justice system, when it ends up being about who is more funded rather than the actual law.
That sounds like a Problem Reaction Solution.
As a solution - no one can sue, the government only can.
The government obviously won’t sue themselves if they’re the ones rigging the election.
One step forward: in the communism you can’t have another political party, it’s illegal, but … you still go and vote.