"..he effectively destroyed Section 5 by invalidating the preclearance map. “Things have changed dramatically” in the South, Roberts wrote. And because the states have “equal sovereignty” (a principle he more or less pulled out of a hat), it was not fair to continue to subject some of them to the
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trouble and, more important, the humiliation of extra screening without evidence that they were still practicing discrimination. Congress was free to draw up a new map based on current circumstances, he said."
To read the rest of his objection: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chief-justice-robertss-vendetta-against-voting-rights-act href="/search?t=posts&q=:~:text=But%20John%20Roberts%20wasn't,changes%20to%20their%20voting%20laws.">#:~:text=But%20John%20Roberts%20wasn't,changes%20to%20their%20voting%20laws.
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This guy is a bad bad judge
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