(#4573) A voting rights protection bill

      We are getting closer to the real need to get work done on a voting rights bill. The high court is showing that it doesn't want to touch aspects of voting rights that affect the disproportionate. Which is by far a scar on our judiciary that the robert's court will wear like a scarlet letter! So without much hope from the judicial branch of government to protect the rights of those who are being harmed by several state laws designed to do just that there is really only one way to approach correcting negative voting rights actions. That would be through federal legislation to set standards that must be met by all states.
     The courts would be hesitant as hell to change legislation that requires equal access to the ballot when the legislation is federal. So the need is absolute. If we are to remain a democracy that is. I would have thought that remaining a democracy would be critical to all aspects of sitting government but as we have seen with the appointed trump administration and his acolytes, that is not the norm. The trumps had and still have a vision where they remain in power like so many of trumps dictator friends around the world. To do that he has to recapture power and then dissolve the protections within our government that keep us free from madmen like him.
     The republican party is his culprit and complicit partner all at the same time. So watching closely what both do is imperative to keeping abreast of their latest gambits for power. So when we see the red state majority rule change voting rights laws to impede and encumber the democratic party traditional voter we are not caught unawares by their acts. But with little relief in sight other than a Senate rule change to protect voting rights the creative part of doing something else is upon us. I do believe we democrats are going to do something in the budget reconciliation infrastructure bill toward protecting voting rights but the cleverness of it must pass constitutional scrutiny. It is all coming to a head in the weeks to come so pay attention to your democracy lest this be the last election we see fairness at its heart.