Court Keeps Voting Rights Act Alive
The Supreme Court has voted 8-1 against striking down Section 5-the "preclearance" section requiring judicial or Justice Department approval of attempts to change voter qualifications in areas historically inhospitable to universal suffrage-of the Voting Rights Act. Voting to strike down the Section: Justice Clarence Thomas. Contain your surprise.
100% of the black vote.
Maybe he was worried they would give his job to a black man.
Interestingly, in footnote 17 Breyer looks ahead to a day when Austin's hipsters will no longer constitute a protected minority.