Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court reversed a decision regarding Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 made by a lower federal court.  The ruling allows the Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 to opt out of of the advanced approval requirement.  There was only one dissent by Justice Clarence Thomas who stated, 

"The violence, intimidation and subterfuge that led Congress to pass Section 5 and this court to uphold it no longer remains"

I learned an interesting fact about Texas while visiting a friend in Austin who works to pass environmental renewable energy legislation.  He told me that the state legislature only meets 6 months every two years.  Their session just ended a week or two ago- no more new legislation for the next two years.  How crazy is that!