Last week, the Supreme Court upheld [2] a law that could disenfranchise 600,000 Texans. But the effects [2] of the law won’t fall equally: African-Americans and Latinos are 305 percent and 195 percent less likely (respectively) to have the necessary forms of identification than whites. The Republican party is increasingly unpopular, and relies almost exclusively on white voters. The charts below show the 2008 if only white men voted and if only people of color voted (source [3]).
Since 2008, people of color become a growing share of the voting population while the GOP has, if anything, moved further to the right. It has further alienated voters of color with racist attacks and laws. But as they say: if you can’t beat ‘em, make sure they don’t vote. Over the last four years the Republicans have gone through elaborate attempts to make sure populations that don’t support them don’t get a chance to vote.
Since 2006, Republicans have pushed through [4] voter ID laws in 34 states. Such laws did not exist before 2006, when Indiana
Quite frankly, if we would do as the Pakistanis are doing now, we would take the 5 republican supreme court justices out onto the front lawn of the White House and lynch them for the entire congress could see what happens when the screw up. I guarantee that would straighten things out very quickly. They do deserve it, by the way.