“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to start discriminating on the basis of race” — John Roberts, Soon

North Carolina legislators asked for voting data broken down by race, and then enacted measures explicitly and willfully designed to suppress the voting of racial minorities. Because of the 4th Circuit, the resulting statute will mostly not be in effect in November. But as if to underscore the importance of the election, every Republican-nominated Supreme Court justice apparently thinks this is perfectly constitutional.

I look forward to the forthcoming decision ruling the Voting Rights Act invalid in its entirety, with a concurring opinion by Justice Thiel arguing that the 19th Amendment is unconstitutional.