Jeff Sessions opposes extension of the Voting Rights Act

[Bruden]

The Voting Rights Act and its protections for minority voters may no longer be necessary in parts of the South and Alabama, but Congress should consider expanding it to northern cities and states, Sen. Jeff Sessions said Tuesday.

The civil rights-era law is up for renewal this year, and a group of leading Republicans and Democrats are actively supporting its extension. Sessions is not among them, and instead is advising caution because parts of the law have become burdensome and irrelevant, he said.

"We don't want a fight over this," Sessions said in an interview after a congressional hearing on the topic. "Alabama is proud of its accomplishments, but we have the right to ask why other areas of the country are not covered by it."



http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/114725312269830.xml&coll=2

[LuckyStrykes]

1. Why does this not

surprise me?

[newyawker99]

4. Hi LuckyStrykes!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[jody]

2. Voting Rights Act should apply equally to all states & should be enforced

equally.

[misanthrope]

3. So does...

...the "lib'rul media" in Mobile.