Silhouette
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This past week Justice Ginsburg wrote a dissent on the Decision about the Texas voting rights. She seems very preturbed that a voter there might be disenfranchised from his/her power of voting.
From her dissent: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14a393_08m1.pdf
Guess what? A sharply disproportionate percentage of the 7 MILLION voters in California who enacted proposition 8's definition of man/woman marriage were also African-American and especially Hispanic. Seems Ginsburg doesn't have a problem stripping minority voters of the power of their vote AFTER they cast it. She just wants to make sure they all can vote so that later she can take the power of their decision away if she disagrees with it personally.
I find that an odd position. One very difficult for her to defend intellectually. Blacks and Hispanics don't want gay marriage infiltrating our social culture. Auntie Ginsburg will *shoosh* them if she thinks one of her pet causes is at stake.
From her dissent: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14a393_08m1.pdf
The potential magnitude of racially discriminatory voterdisenfranchisement counseled hesitation before disturbing the District Court’s findings and final judgment. Senate Bill 14 may prevent more than 600,000 registered Texasvoters (about 4.5% of all registered voters) from voting in person for lack of compliant identification.
Id., at 50–51,
54. A sharply disproportionate percentage of those voters are African-American or Hispanic.
Ibid.
Guess what? A sharply disproportionate percentage of the 7 MILLION voters in California who enacted proposition 8's definition of man/woman marriage were also African-American and especially Hispanic. Seems Ginsburg doesn't have a problem stripping minority voters of the power of their vote AFTER they cast it. She just wants to make sure they all can vote so that later she can take the power of their decision away if she disagrees with it personally.
I find that an odd position. One very difficult for her to defend intellectually. Blacks and Hispanics don't want gay marriage infiltrating our social culture. Auntie Ginsburg will *shoosh* them if she thinks one of her pet causes is at stake.