Will try to post all the radio as it appears.
Dana in 1pm hour. Simony Conway in 4pm hour local. WMAL to be posted.
On With Dennis Miller Show to discuss Shelby at 11:30am
Going on to talk Shelby on Dennis Miller Show.
Shelby Thoughts
Reading the opinion. An open thread first glance:
House Republicans who wanted to “fix” the formula are left high and dry. There isn’t going to be a fix. Section 5 is dead and buried and the Court leaves no room to fix it.
* Court weighed 2006 reauthorization: “Nearly 50 years later, they are still in effect; indeed, they have been made more stringent, and are now scheduled to last until 2031. There is no denying, however, that the conditions that originally justified these measures no longer characterize voting in the covered jurisdictions.”
* Court cites 10th Amendment. “Constitution provides that all powers not specifically granted to the Federal Government are reserved to the States or citizens. Amdt. 10.”
* I’ve been including this notion in my speeches: “But the federal balance “is not just an end in itself: Rather, federalism secures to citizens the liberties that derive from the diffusion of sovereign power.”
* Greedy race groups and House GOP who reauthorized Section 5 contributed to it’s demise today: “Those extraordinary and unprecedented features were reauthorized—as if nothing had changed. In fact, the Act’s unusual remedies have grown even stronger. When Congress reauthorized the Act in 2006, it did so for another 25 years on top of the previous 40—a far cry from the initial five-year period.”
* Forget fixing Section 4. It’s dead. Supreme Court says you cannot reverse engineer coverage. Congressional Republicans are just going to have to win elections without racial gerrymandering.
* Ouch: “In other ways as well, the dissent analyzes the question presented as if our decision in Northwest Austin never happened.” That about sums up lots of folks.
Shelby Decided: Section 5 Gone
More soon.
Rapture: “McDonnell unsure Va. has outgrown Voting Rights Act”
“‘But the struggle for justice, I think, will continue until the rapture,’ he added. ‘There are always things that people do to their fellow man that are not just and that deprive somebody of their rights. And that’s why we have laws and courts to provide remedies for that.'”
Hanover County VA – Bailout
The Republic.
“VA Gov. Bob McDonnell Teams Up With George Soros Cash”
Link at PJ Tatler.
VA Gov. McDonnell Teams Up with Soros Money for Felon Voting
The Washington Times has the story of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell teaming up with Soros fueled organizations to restore felon voting rights, and more. Mr. McDonnell, a Republican, has been seeking input from the Advancement Project throughout the evaluation process, said Edgardo Cortes, director of the Advancement Projects Virginia Voting Rights Restoration campaign.”
“When Gov. Bob McDonnell announced in late May that he would automatically restore rights to non-violent felons, he also called for a full review of Virginia’s traditionally low threshold for what constitutes a violent felony.
“Controversy at Las Vegas LULAC elections”
Allegations of dirty politics corrupting the voting process.
“Military wants to change how Virgin Islands elects delegate”
Virgin Islands Daily News: A proposal initiated by the Defense Department would change the way the territory elects its delegate to Congress.The
proposal, Section 1048 of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act,
calls for eliminating the 50 percent plus one vote requirement and
amending the law such that only a simple plurality of votes would be
required for a candidate to win the delegate position. The U.S.
House of Representatives passed the 2014 National Defense Authorization
Act on June 14 and now the bill is up for consideration by the Senate.