Jun 27
Political commentator David Gergen weighed in on some of this week’s big Supreme Court decisions in an appearance on HuffPost Live, saying that the court “split the difference” between their rulings on the Defense Of Marriage Act and the Voting Rights Act.
“Well obviously in one case they pleased the right on issues relating to the Voting Rights Act and in one case they pleased the left on gay marriage, so in some ways you could say roughly they split the difference,” Gergen said.
The former presidential advisor applauded the court’s rulings on gay rights, but also defended the controversial decision to strike down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act.
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