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dalton99a

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Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Jun 23, 2021, 01:18 PM

Jun 2021

National Review’s 1965 cover story attacking the Voting Rights Act, “Must We Repeal the Constitution to Give the Negro the Vote?,” argued that the law “strikes with the brute and clumsy force of a wrecking ball at the very foundations of American federalism.” (The story is not online; historian Joshua Tait shared his research with me.) These arguments are identical in principle to the ones being used by Republicans on the Senate floor today.

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Republicans: Vote Protections Trample States' Rights. Uh-Oh. [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2021 OP

Kick dalton99a Jun 2021 #1

THIS needs to be constantly said, USA Constitution. Article I, Section 4 sanatanadharma Jun 2021 #2

The essence of the Civil Rights Act was States rights vs the people's rights... Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #3

Ok, so abortion rights are the right of states like NY to preserve. roamer65 Jun 2021 #4