Will Last Vestiges Of Voting Rights By Right-Wing Supreme Court?
By People’s World\Mark Gruenberg\ John Wojcik Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON—There was a time when it was perfectly legal in much of the country to refuse to serve Black people at lunch counters that were for “whites only.” There was a time when it was legal to relegate, based on race, who could drink from public water fountains or who had to sit on the back of the bus. There was a time when “segregation forever” ruled in many states. That was eliminated when a powerful movement resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That law was followed by the landmark Voting Rights Act to become the second landmark legislative accomplishment of the civil rights era. If the right-wing Supreme Court majority rules soon, as expected, the last remaining piece of the Voting Rights Act will be struck down. Many ask whether the Civil Rights, the law that dealt such a severe blow to Jim Crow, will itself be the next target of the racists in power now in the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court. In a case with huge ramifications for the entire country, the Supreme Court is tackling and will hear arguments tomorrow whether to let stand or fall what’s left of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act, a major achievement of the civil rights revolution. And on past performance from the High Court, and in particular Chief Justice John Roberts, the outlook is not good in this case, brought in a lawsuit against voting rights from the state of Louisiana. Hopes that Roberts may moderate the views of the Trump appointees on the Court are likely false hopes because, ever since he was a young lawyer in Republican-run Justice Departments decades ago, Roberts has opposed the law…..READ MORE To Support our independent investigative journalism contributions are welcome via Cashapp to: $BlackStarNews Also support Black Star News by buying merch from our brand new Black Star Store!
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By People’s World\Mark Gruenberg\ John Wojcik
Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons
WASHINGTON—There was a time when it was perfectly legal in much of the country to refuse to serve Black people at lunch counters that were for “whites only.” There was a time when it was legal to relegate, based on race, who could drink from public water fountains or who had to sit on the back of the bus. There was a time when “segregation forever” ruled in many states.
That was eliminated when a powerful movement resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That law was followed by the landmark Voting Rights Act to become the second landmark legislative accomplishment of the civil rights era.
If the right-wing Supreme Court majority rules soon, as expected, the last remaining piece of the Voting Rights Act will be struck down. Many ask whether the Civil Rights, the law that dealt such a severe blow to Jim Crow, will itself be the next target of the racists in power now in the White House, the Congress and the Supreme Court.
In a case with huge ramifications for the entire country, the Supreme Court is tackling and will hear arguments tomorrow whether to let stand or fall what’s left of the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act, a major achievement of the civil rights revolution.
And on past performance from the High Court, and in particular Chief Justice John Roberts, the outlook is not good in this case, brought in a lawsuit against voting rights from the state of Louisiana. Hopes that Roberts may moderate the views of the Trump appointees on the Court are likely false hopes because, ever since he was a young lawyer in Republican-run Justice Departments decades ago, Roberts has opposed the law…..READ MORE
To Support our independent investigative journalism contributions are welcome via Cashapp to: $BlackStarNews
Also support Black Star News by buying merch from our brand new Black Star Store!
