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Scalia: Renewing Voting Rights Act 'perpetuation of racial entitlement'
February 27, 2013 by legitgov
ShareThisScalia: Renewing Voting Rights Act 'perpetuation of racial entitlement' 27 Feb 2013 Supreme Court Justice [sic] Antonin Scalia referred to the renewal of the Voting Rights Act as the "perpetuation of racial entitlement," during Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on the law. Scalia made the comments while discussing the unanimous re-authorization of the act passed by the Senate in 2006. Justice Sonia Sotomayor challenged Scalia's comments, asking "Do you think Section 5 was voted for because it was a racial entitlement?" She also asked "Do you think racial discrimination has ended?"
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Scalia's racial entitlement remark
February 28, 2013 by Maria Vega (not verified), 15 weeks 6 days ago
Comment: 3622
I was appaled and dismayed to hear what this justice had to say. Our legislature voted overwhelmingly to extend the Voting Rights Law and he had the temerity to challenge that. We the people did not vote for this Justice and unfortunately there's no term limit but I daresay this makes an excellent argument for term limits on these Acitivist Judges.
We vote for our legislators and Justice Scalia has too high an opinion of himself. He is NOT the law of the land nor a LAW unto himself. He needs to clarify and correct his statements regarding the Voting Rights Law and our Congress.
Thank you,
Maria Vega