InNorthCarolina, theSupremeCourtstruckdown a corecomponentoftheVotingRightsAct.
ノースカロライナ州では、最高裁は投票権法の中核的な要素を打ち破った。
Whathappened?
何があったの?
Well, stateslikeNorthCarolinapassedlawsthatweresoegregioustomakeithardertovotethatthefourthCircuitstruckdowntheirlawandnotedthat a targetAfricanAmericanswithalmostsurgicalprecision.
IfMissBarrettreplacesher, theywouldthenbe a strongconservativemajorityof 6 to 3 andconservativeAmericans a keenonthenomineebecauseofherrecordonissuessuchasabortion, gaymarriageandgunrights.
Here's whatshesaidonthatitwouldbe a completeviolationoftheindependenceofthejudiciary, foranyonetoput a justiceonthecourtas a meansofobtaining a particularresult.
Andthat's why, as I wasmentioning, I thinktoSenatorGrassleythatthequestionnairethat I filloutforthiscommitteemakesclearthat I havemadenoprecommitmentstoanyoneabouthow I woulddecide a casethat's outofrespectforArticlethree, anditsdesignationofthejudiciaryis a coequalandindependentbranchofgovernment.