PoliticsNation | March 06, 2013
>>> today marks a day in infamy. on march 6th , 1857 , the court ruled against this man, dread scott . the court said people of african decent could not be u.s. citizens , even if they were free and had no protection under the constitution. it was one of the lowest points in the history of the supreme court . we've spent 150 years trying to make sure every in this country has the same rights under the law. but, now, a justice on that same court says the voting rights act , a law passed to help undo the legacy of dread scott , is "a racial entitlement." we all know that efforts to restrict the vote are well-under way. in north carolina , house republicans are voting on a new voter id bill. in wisconsin, a new bill would limit the hours of a in-person absentee ballot. charges have been filed against two volters tied with the gop. that's right, voter fraud is real. it's just being committed by republicans. yes, we need to continue to have laws that will protect fairness and protect equal rights . why do we need the government to do these laws? because tchs bad laws the government did that caused the problem in the first place. government must undo what