tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post4891254091818623407..comments2024-03-27T17:52:09.889-04:00Comments on You Might Notice a Trend: The March of History Isn't Supposed to Go BackwardsPaul Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-76794581074674485212013-06-26T20:30:46.111-04:002013-06-26T20:30:46.111-04:00Women's lib is heading straight for 1913... I...Women's lib is heading straight for 1913... I'd be all over reforming/eradicating the war on drugs and cruel prison sentences but we keep getting dragged back into these fights that *should be* already won, the right to bodily autonomy chief among them. <br /><br />I think of history more as a constrained pendulum or slinky. We undershoot ideality by a lot. We fix it so it's better (may be "more than" ideal or "not quite" ideal, but definitely better), then people come out in force to rail against the changing of the guard. The pendulum swings back. Not quite as far as before, but definitely moving the wrong way. When it's bad enough, the fight comes back and it swings toward better. Maybe by a little, maybe by a lot. <br /><br />The long arm of justice bends toward liberty with a high pass filter on it. Take out the low pass data and it swings back and forth all the time. Doesn't mean it's not frustrating as all get out, but it does mean we have to fight the same fight over and over.CrankyOtterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02863609824154763580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-82417125871338482362013-06-26T18:11:53.534-04:002013-06-26T18:11:53.534-04:00To do that, we'd need Congress to pass a law o...To do that, we'd need Congress to pass a law on it. Given that Congress is both 1) coping with a filibuster-stalled Senate and 2) coping with a Far Right-controlled House filled with Republicans screaming about non-existent voter fraud, we're not going to see that in the foreseeable future. It'd be nice to have that - preferably a constitutional amendment that flat out protects everyone's right to vote (oddly enough, the 15th and 19th amendments only go so far, a full universal right isn't established) - but not right now.Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27554065.post-90051201631698114792013-06-26T14:29:34.649-04:002013-06-26T14:29:34.649-04:00Question for anyone with better understanding of t...Question for anyone with better understanding of the legal language than me:<br /><br />How about, rather than targeting certain historically discriminatory states or localities, we apply the "preclearance" rule to <i>every jurisdiction in the country?</i> Wouldn't that circumvent the court decision AND protect voting rights everywhere they are being challenged?J Neo Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113077457194694608noreply@blogger.com