Back to the 1950s.

**SCOTUS cancels Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. For an excellent analysis, go to SCOTUSBLOG.COM. They affirmed the Voting Rights Act but said Section 4 was out of date and said Congress should pass a bill with a new list of jurisdictions to monitor. Fat chance on that. 

**Ruth Bader Ginsberg filed the dissent for the 4 judges opposing the decision.

**When the case was being debated, President Obama had called in civil rights leaders to assure them that a SCOTUS decision like today's would not be the end of the world and that DOJ would continue to protect the right to vote. He thought Section 5 would be thrown out.

**Early comments suggest that the SCOTUS decision might boomerang on white voters in the near future as they sink into the minority in certain districts. Others suggested Jim Crow is back.

**Meanwhile the Border surge passed the Senate prompting Senator McCain that the United States will now have the most militarized border since the Berlin Wall. He meant it as a good thing. 

**Tomorrow will be the final three cases of this session of SCOTUS. Two gay cases and one on whether legal advice is private property. Bet on private property since this court loves property, not rights.