Left Side of the Aisle #114

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of June 27 - July 3, 2013

This week:
SCOTUS smacks down DOMA, leaves PropHate in the dust
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324520904578553500028771488.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/26/supreme-court-rulings-applauded-by-gays/2459279/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/26/us-usa-court-gaymarriage-idUSBRE95P06W20130626

Good news: "Pray away the gay" ministry apologizes, shuts down
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/exodus-international-shuts-down_n_3470911.html
http://exodusinternational.org/2013/06/i-am-sorry/

Outrage of the Week: SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/voting-rights-act-supreme-court_n_3429810.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/john-lewis-voting-rights-act_n_3496783.html
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/06/ruth-bader-ginsburg-voting-rights-act-dissent.php
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/02/27/3257775/florida-advocates-say-2012-proved.html
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mississippi-moving-ahead-with-voter-id-too
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/federal_court_gops_texas_redistricting.php
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/voter_id_texas_ruling.php
http://www.thestate.com/2013/06/25/2834557/changes-in-sc-voting-laws-no-longer.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/25/2988513/nc-senator-voter-id-bill-moving.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/texas-voter-id-law_n_3497724.html?ref=topbar
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/on-voting-rights-a-decision-as-lamentable-as-plessy-or-dred-scott/276455/
http://quotesonslavery.org/2010/06/21/i-will-be-as-harsh-as-truth-and-as-uncompromising-as-justice/

SCOTUS makes it harder for employees to sue for discrimination and retaliation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/supreme-court-vance_n_3490285.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/samuel-alito-rolls-eyes_n_3492704.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/supreme-court-chamber-of-commerce_n_3497779.html?ref=topbar

Clown Award: Clarence Thomas
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-345_l5gm.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/supreme-court-affirmative-action-decision_n_3345534.html?ref=topbar
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/clarence-thomas-affirmative-action_n_3491433.html
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3667079&page=1#.UcqhCZywUbR