Copernicus
Industrial Grade Linguist
See In Suing Georgia, Justice Department Says State's New Voting Law Targets Black Voters. Assuming that this case reaches the Supreme Court, do you believe that the conservative majority will side with the DoJ or Georgia?
My opinion is that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will uphold Georgia's discriminatory law, because it merely goes after likely Democratic voters, many of whom happen to be African American in the affected areas. This is a great example of how systemic racism works. By reducing ballot options, the legislature knew that densely populated urban and suburban neighborhoods would be negatively impacted. That is where most Democratic votes come from. Voters would end up standing in long lines, and they would not even be able to get food and water easily while waiting. Justice Roberts had already said that racism was no longer a problem in those southern states that had to get pre-approval for such laws under the Civil Rights Voting Act, and the majority gutted that law. It will be predisposed to turn a blind eye to the inherent racism here, because nobody who actually enforces the law will be taking race into account. They will just be doing what the system requires them to do. If people of color are disproportionately affected, too bad.
My opinion is that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will uphold Georgia's discriminatory law, because it merely goes after likely Democratic voters, many of whom happen to be African American in the affected areas. This is a great example of how systemic racism works. By reducing ballot options, the legislature knew that densely populated urban and suburban neighborhoods would be negatively impacted. That is where most Democratic votes come from. Voters would end up standing in long lines, and they would not even be able to get food and water easily while waiting. Justice Roberts had already said that racism was no longer a problem in those southern states that had to get pre-approval for such laws under the Civil Rights Voting Act, and the majority gutted that law. It will be predisposed to turn a blind eye to the inherent racism here, because nobody who actually enforces the law will be taking race into account. They will just be doing what the system requires them to do. If people of color are disproportionately affected, too bad.