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57. Hated the VRA since the early 80s?

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Thu May 7, 2026, 12:47 AM

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Why? Doesn't that suggest (racist) opposition to the very idea of addressing centuries of racial discrimination?

Roberts’s animus toward the act, and toward the broader struggle to address centuries of racial discrimination in America, has been in plain sight since he served as a young lawyer in the Reagan administration, drafting memos attacking the law and devising legal arguments to undermine it.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chief-justice-robertss-vendetta-against-voting-rights-act

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We, the public, are not the problem. C_U_L8R Wednesday #2

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Kiss my ass John, i have eyes. dem4decades Wednesday #4

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And even more egregious is 2 of them. . . Stargleamer Wednesday #26

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Nailed it malaise Wednesday #13

why, thank you! spooky3 Wednesday #15

The data speaks for itself malaise Wednesday #16

He's gaslighting, and he knows it. And corrupt to the core. nt spooky3 Wednesday #17

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LIAR.. add that to your legacy, John Roberts. nt Cha Wednesday #10

If it walks like a duck, etc. niyad Wednesday #11

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TRANSLATION: Klansman in robes tries to blow smoke up our bums. B.See Wednesday #12

Mr Balls and strikes can go F himself. themaguffin Wednesday #14

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Not wrongly. Not wrongly. Baitball Blogger Wednesday #22

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Poor John thinks we are ignorant ones MagickMuffin Wednesday #28

Vain racist piggy so worried how history will view him that he's telling us what to think? Attilatheblond Wednesday #29

That hack can pound sand. City Lights Wednesday #30

He is so full of himself - TBF Wednesday #31

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Not actors. usonian Wednesday #44

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He said it with a straight face ? rickford66 Wednesday #54

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