Andrew Ross Sorkin apologizes for suggesting he’d arrest Glenn Greenwald.

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

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT): “I could not disagree more with this result or the majority’s rationale. … I intend to take immediate action to ensure that we will have a strong and reconstituted Voting Rights Act that protects against racial discrimination in voting.”