Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130301:01:23:00
Reconstruction. the majority opinion said there must be some stage when the freed slave takes the rank of a mere citizen and ceases to be the special favorite of the laws." scalia also drew attention for basically saying senators couldn't possibly vote against the voting rights act and so the supreme court would have to intervene. the legal expert at think progress said, "if the theory were taken seriously by a majority of the justices, it would potentially undermine medicare, social security, and countless other programs." today was not all doom and gloom, however. some voting rights advocate...