QOTD, We Are Shocked, Shocked That Donald Trump Could be the Republican Frontrunner Edition
"The Republican Party condemns racism in all its forms"
"Will you guys restore the Voting Rights Act?"
"Hang on my earpiece is broken"— daveweigel (@daveweigel) March 1, 2016
I’m going to have some posts discussing Ari Berman’s essential book on the war on the Voting Right Act, but it seems worth noting in this context that Republican efforts to negate the preclearance provisions of the VRA go back to Strom Thurmond working with the Last Liberal President (TM) Richard Nixon. John Roberts was being a party man when he let Shelby County loose on the country.
