We knew this would happen, despite efforts to prevent the erosion of equal representation in government. The corrupt Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, to diminish Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. For minorities in the United States, life is about to get much more harder. The decision was derived along ideological lines, with six conservatives justices for the ruling, and the three liberal justices in opposition. From every angle, from every facet of the lives of minorities in the United States; the Trump administration has sought to weaken our resources, sustainability, health and most certainly, our political power.
"For decades, Section 2 — a provision that broadly outlawed discrimination in voting on the basis of race — has been interpreted to allow, and sometimes demand, the use of race-conscious data in redistricting, to protect the voting power of minorities." See Politico article here.
The GOP states across America are celebrating today, no doubt about to execute a redistricting rampage just in time for the mid-term elections. Isn't it remarkable timing for the Supreme Court to have Louisiana v. Callais on their docket.? The Supreme Court has become corrupted, and in dire need of drastic reform if we are to ever have an adequate justice system operating in our country.
An article from Slate aptly states "Wednesday’s 6–3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious and damaging Supreme Court decisions of the last century. All six Republican-appointed justices on the court signed onto Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion gutting what remained of the Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters, while pretending they were merely making technical tweaks to the act."
Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project stated “This decision is a profound betrayal of the legacy of the civil rights movement. By gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Court has weakened the primary legal tool that voters of color rely on to challenge discriminatory maps and election systems. In practical terms, this means that even where racial discrimination in voting is clear and ongoing, communities will be left without the most significant weapon they have to stop states from drawing districts that dilute their political power." (more from ACLU's article here).
This ruling has severe repercussions for blacks, and other minorities in this country who have always struggled against underrepresentation in most every level of government from the inception of this country. An Associated Press headline article this morning describes the profound impact this will have upon the Black Congressional Congress. Also consider Pete Hegesth, our murderous Secretary of Defense, who believes women should not have a right to vote. Does anyone out there besides Bryon Donalds and Tim Scott, believe white supremacist Hegseth really wants racial minorities to vote in this country?
We got a real battle ahead for our lives. Each day this white supremacist administration takes more lives, more economic stability, and power from not only minorities but from the masses in general. What kind of system is this if there are no solid avenues for representation? We better get prepared and start thinking outside the box, because it appears this country will necessitate change in ways we might not have considered.
Again, we can bring this to end if half the country would get on board with a general strike-- without war or bloodshed. It has been a tool for protest which has worked throughout centuries in nations around the globe. Yet regarding the social and political causes of blacks in this country, we have been fighting the establishment for centuries. What is so sad, and tragic, where are blacks in this battle today? Many cannot be bothered to be concerned about what is occurring in this nation, and that is why we can only expect things to get worse unless we as a people wake the hell up.
