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John Roberts Court Revives Southern Strategy

LA Progressive

The federal government takes decisive action to reverse many years of vicious racial injustice. As a result, the country moves closer to making real for African Americans those “self-evident” truths about equality in the Declaration of Independence. With the Supreme Court narrowing of Voting Rights Act, Sensenbrenner sets a commendable tone at Uppity Wisconsin. Never has your correspondent used this space to say something nice about Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), a conservative who has, in our estimation, been wrong on any number of issues. But for once we’ve got to say it: Attaboy, Jimmy.