Southern Republicans and Black Politico Incumbents Rejoice- Section 5 Voting Rights Act Still Constitutional (Updated)

Yes the incumbent voters right act is still alive. The Supreme Court basically upheld Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act today in their opinion Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder. Southern Appeal that has the link to the Opinion is also disappointed. See Missed Opportunity It seems Thomas partly gets it though

Further despite all the concerns voiced by the conservative Justices the South is for some reason still under this very expensive second Reconstruction.

The headlines from the more liberal sources that will hail this Opinion will not at all reflect the title of my header. So the little secret between Republicans and often African American politicos will go largely ignored

That is hey give us a Super Black majority district and in return your districts get to be less black and democrat and thus more Republican leaning. WIN WIN WIN.

Well a win for all those except for perhaps black democrats (or those of other parties for that matter in other districts that have found their influence and political power severely diminished.

Not largely a win for white democrats that have less chance to win.

It is not a win for the Civic practice of Coalition building.

It is not a win for those of use that see this as a hindrance to getting beyond race and dealing with each other

It is not a win for party building and diversity of ideas on each side.

And it certainly is not a win for largely rural Southern States that have divert precious monetary resources every time it needs to change political subdivision lines.

Oh and Federalism took another big hit today.

It seems that many of the Justices had concerns and still do. At least that is a hopeful sign. Hopefully they will pull the trigger next time.

I will hopefully update with most astute analysis from other legal bloggers later.

Update-
I will be updating this throughout the day

SCOTUS BLOG HAS Section 5 survives and Analysis: Is Section 5’s future shaky?