The first African American attorney general will speak shortly about today’s Voting Rights Act decision. Watch.

John Fund, top player in the voter suppression and vote fraud bamboozlement racket, takes to National Review to announce that the court decision is “actually a victory for civil rights.”

I still remain generally hopeful, over the medium term, certainly the long term that the changing nature of the electorate will prove too strong to be bridled by Republican voter suppression efforts which will undoubtedly redouble in response to this wildly activist ruling by the Supreme Court. In the short term, it’s not so clear, though, particularly with regards to 2014. Indeed, the 2012 election and this decision fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. Read More

Quick reminder on which jurisdictions were covered by Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act — until today.