Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130301:08:23:00
It's about equal access to the ballot. well, the reaction today has been pretty fierce. the american prospect says "scalia's argument has precedent. in the white supremacist arguments made by the supreme court in the 19th century when it was dismantling 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 exp...