Even the name of it is wonderful, the Voting Rights Act. Who is going to vote against that in the future?
Antonin Scalia: “Even the name of it is wonderful, the Voting Rights Act. Who is going to vote against that in the future?”
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Scalia questioned the sincerity of Congress's support for the Voting Rights Act.
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