Is the Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutional?

[Free Palestine]

I'd lean towards yes, under the 15th Amendment, but it certainly would have been unconstitutional in 1789.

[Free Palestine]

The Supreme Court has addressed the issue a number of times.

And the Supreme Court is infallible, of course.

[Free Palestine]

The Supreme Court has addressed the issue a number of times.

And the Supreme Court is infallible, of course.

Well, it IS supposed to be the final authority on the issue.  That doesn't mean you can disagree with the Supremes as long as you remember you're just some dude and they're, you know, the Supreme Court.  (My feeling towards, say, Citizens United: I disagree, but you're the Supreme Court and I'm not)

So you subscribe to the notion that might makes right?

Well, yes, to some extent, but that's not what I was saying.  I was saying that a group of people that have spent decades of their lives obsessing over precedents dating back to common law tradition and have read thousands of opinions from Blackstone to Breyer are more qualified to render judgment on whether something is or is not constitutional than I am.

It's the actual text of the Constitution that matters the most, and historical context.