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Marc S's avatar

It's important to note that the concepts of American democracy were very much enshrined in a long line of supreme court decisions starting with baker v. Carr. While the warren court featured justices with some fairly different ideologies, it was generally the case that all different sides joined together in the concept that voting rights are fundamental rights.

I often hear people try to describe what democracy is in America without understanding, or referring to, these decisions by the warren court. We get discussion in media today about "state gerrymandering" without any reference to these very important and well-supported decisions of the court.

Thom has done a great job of highlighting much of the legal issues lately, which is something I find lacking in other lefty media. I often hear people try to describe what democracy is in America without understanding, or referring to these decisions by the warren court. Of course thom has done a public service by writing about these topics and the war on voting rights. This is one aspect of the movement to the right that I find to be truly breathtaking - that faith in democracy has vanished and our "friends" no longer value fair elections.

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Patricia Lane's avatar

Its a very obvious ‘bananas’ Republican ploy to pretend what they are doing to Democracy is ok.

They are without question , the most devious perpetrators of ego centered collusion.

They have ordained themselves as the only accurate interpreter’s of

our Constitution.

But don’t let us forget the

conservative justices in the Supreme Court , who are anything but just.

They too bastardize the Constitution to push these bananas interpretation by their

monied masters.

The voters have no protection with these wrong thinking ‘People of the Lie’ calling the shots.

Their insidious malignant

attacks on black and brown people, poor people and their hateful isolation of LGBTQ and Trans people and children illustrates their soulless fear.

If ever their was a time to actively fight these ego driven promoters of hate and chaos , its now.

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