Strangling of John Lewis Voting Rights Act could be death blow for democracy

These are the only states that would be policed under the John
Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the requirement to “pre-clear”
new, racially biased, voting procedures, such as limitations on
early voting: Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina
South Carolina Texas Virginia Don’t get me wrong, the strangling of
the John Lewis Act by filibuster, unlike the overhyped For the
People Act, could be the death blow to a democratically elected
Congress. In 2013, Justice Kennedy said the Voting Rights Act would
have been constitutional if it didn’t target specific states, a
suggestion from New York City which was then under pre-clearance
review. While the new list is a rogues gallery of bad actors, there
are real dangers in Ohio, Wisconsin, Arizona and Florida, not on
the list. The Democratic Party has to grasp that vote suppression
is serious in almost every state. Ironically, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
may be the victim of her own obstructionism. Even with its
limitations, the John Lewis Act would’ve been a very powerful
weapon. For example, the act would absolutely have prevented Cobb
County, Georgia, from closing six of 11 early voting stations, all
six in African-American neighborhoods. So what now? While Attorney
General Merrick Garland his filed suits against parts of Georgia’s
new Jim Crow SB 202, action so far is slow, limited, and scatter
shot. Learn more:
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