Big Day for Supreme Court Justices Pondering Race

Originally published at: Big Day for Supreme Court Justices Pondering Race - TPM – Talking Points Memo

Straight off their hugely consequential ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which gave the Voting Rights Act of 1965 its final gutting, justices turned to the issue of temporary protected status for those fleeing turmoil in Haiti and Syria. Oral arguments began as soon as Justice Kagan finished reading aloud a portion of her dissent in…