SCOTUSblog has some early analysis of the still-ongoing oral arguments in the Supreme Court this morning on the Voting Rights Act. It appears that things are going about as expected, with the conservative justices unpersuaded that Section 5 remains constitutional and a 5-4 vote to overturn that portion of the law looking likely.
Charles Krauthammer says banning the most popular Governor in the country from CPAC may be a bad idea. Watch.
Jon Stewart explains the finer points of politicians appearing in blackface to one of our local assemblymen.
Adam Serwer with some useful context on John Roberts and the Voting Rights Act.
Rep. Ellison has a run in with “journalist” Sean Hannity. Watch.
The 5 “reasons” Voting Rights Act proponents fear the Supreme Court will strike down one of its key provisions.
Oral arguments are today at 10 a.m. TPM’s Sahil Kapur will be in attendance at the court. Look for his report sometime after noon.
John Boehner is the latest Republican to charge that President Obama is releasing ‘criminal aliens’ to terrorize Americans over the impending sequester.
I’m not sure there’s a better example of the bad position the GOP is currently in than the fact that a year ago Chris Christie was the big hope to jump into the presidential race and save Republicans from their lame list of candidates. This year he’s apparently too liberal to be allowed to appear at the country’s top annual conservative confab, CPAC.
There are some procedural smoke and mirrors involved to save face, but it appears that the House leadership is relenting on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which has been bottled up by House conservatives for more than a year. So much for the Hastert Rule. The version of the bill favored by women’s advocates that passed the Senate overwhelmingly will likely get a vote in the House before the end of the week and is expected to have plenty of Democratic and moderate GOP votes to win passage. Sahil Kapur reports.