“The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing arguments Wednesday over a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, appeared inclined to limit the use of the landmark law to force states to draw electoral districts favorable to minority voters.” — AP News

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The Supreme Court appears poised to deliver yet another win for the US Constitution by striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that prohibits race-based discrimination when drawing legislative district maps. America no longer has a problem when it comes to voters of certain races being disenfranchised, and you can tell it’s not an issue by how great race relations are in America right now.

The Voting Rights Act was passed back when America was a far more racist country. These days, race only ever comes up in fun, joking ways. Like when the president shares a meme of the Speaker of the House wearing a sombrero (to signal how much the president loves Latinos). Or when young Republican Party leaders praise Hitler, call Jews liars, and joke about sending their opponents to the gas chamber (totally innocent examples of a popular Gen Z ironic humor trend called “Nazi-maxing”). Or when that same group uses slurs like “n***uh” and “n***a” 251 times in a group chat (clearly meant as terms of endearment; the only “hard R” conservatives use is the “R” in “Republican”). […]