A Republican lawyer made a stunning admission to the Supreme Court about a voting rights case

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At the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday an attorney for the Republican National Committee admitted GOP candidates need voter suppression laws, especially those that target minority voters, to win.

The high court was hearing arguments related to the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, which under Chief Justice John Roberts was gutted to be almost useless in 2013 when he infamously announced, “Our country has changed.” The Guardian and HuffPost have written he was suggesting that racism is pretty much over.

It is not. Continue reading.