Opinion | The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling (Gift Article)

Talk about judicial activism! Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights decision “is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach…With this ruling, the court has acted more like partisan legislators than like impartial judges.” Powerful @nytopinion editorial on an enormous setback for equality & democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Condemnation of the SCOTUS decision from @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach. Six conservative justices voted to weaken the act, in that way substituting their own judgment for that of Congress,”

Today's gift link. "Justice Elena Kagan, voting in the minority, struck the right tone: 'I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,' she wrote. 'I dissent because the court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

NYT Editorial Board (gift link) "The SCOTUS decision on the VRA is mind-boggling judicial overreach. Six conservative justices ...substituted their own judgment for that of Congress, which reauthorized the law with overwhelming bipartisan support 20 years ago" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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“As a result, states will now be able to slice minority voters into small and powerless slivers, as long as they can claim to do so for partisan rather than racial reasons.”

"The Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach. Six conservative justices voted to weaken the act, in that way substituting their own judgment for that of Congress, which reauthorized the law 20 years ago with overwhelming bipartisan support."

In the Supreme Court's Louisiana ruling, the justices did an about-face from a decision in a similar case from Alabama less than three years ago that led to a new congressional map for the state that sent two Black Democrats to Congress. The outlandish arrogance! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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The @nytopinion.nytimes.com Editorial Board still can't bring itself to conclude that another illegitimate political ruling by six bent Republican Justices requires the political branches to take action. Tsk-tsking isn't going to help at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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Wow, I think this sums it up: "The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach....With this ruling, the court has acted more like partisan legislators than like impartial judges." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach. legislators than like impartial judges. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

A harsh but true assessment from the NY Times editorial board. This is where we are. We can't trust the Supreme Court. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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#Corrupt #MAGASupremes making it harder for Black Americans to vote. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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“The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach.” The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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The reality is that in the name of disentangling race from politics, the Supreme Court has given white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Justice Elena Kagan, voting in the minority, struck the right tone: “I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,” she wrote. “I dissent because the court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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At this rate, even the Times Editorial Board will support expanding the court in a few years: “With this ruling, the court has acted more like partisan legislators than like impartial judges.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o... Far right white (plus one Black race traitor) judges, too

Sheer madness. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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NYT Editorial Board: The Supreme Court’s decision on Wednesday on the Voting Rights Act is a mind-boggling piece of judicial overreach. Six conservative justices voted to weaken the act, in that way substituting their own judgment for that of Congress… www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

The Supreme Court Just Erased What Was Left of the Voting Rights Act www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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Even the Republican NYT thinks the very Republican very 19th century Supreme Court went wrong on voting rights www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

“I dissent because Congress elected otherwise,” she wrote. “I dissent because the court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote.” The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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6 Conservative Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling, Essentially Overturning a Congressional Act. Trying to disentangle race from politics, the Supreme Court gave white voters more power at the expense of racial minorities. NY Times Editorial Board www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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A Supreme Court is a dangerous thing when its main motivations are power, political partisanship and (let's be honest) racist supremacy, not justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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The supreme court shows all its “colors” with a lack of integrity, the 6 political hacks who are not qualified to serve as judges and are only political hacks—white-washing America, again: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o... “Mind-boggling overreach”. Not downright dangerous and a democratic threat? #wordsmatter

33% of Louisiana's population is Black. 40% of Mississippi's population is Black. In Georgia, it's 32%. And prior to 1965, Black people were shut out of public office. In the 11 states of the former Confederacy, they were effectively prevented from voting. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

The N.Y. Times sees this latest SCOTUS decision clearly: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o... They have abetted insurrection, and enabled authoritarianism, and this decision continues that trend.

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The Supreme Court has used dubious reasoning to issue a ruling that will likely help the Republican Party and increase the number of white members of Congress and state legislatures. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

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SCOTUS is screwing this country. Crapping on The Constitution. These are the ""radical judges legislating from the bench" the Right screamed about for years, while they were rigging the bench! The Justices Acted as Partisans in the Voting Rights Ruling www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/o...

Spot on.

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