# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/411 "2021-07-06T23:50:47Z")

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> [@SCOTUS: Arizona voting law constitutional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-arizona-voting-law-constitutional/945854):
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> I know this is a controversial case which may cause flaming and pitting, but this simply has to be the right result. There are too many accusations of racism today. More recently the accusations have become more ridiculous like the following: This law requires a burden like all laws do; This burden, like all burdens, falls most harshly on the poor; Minorities make up a higher percentage of the poor than whites; Therefore This law is racist. At some point that accusation has to stop if we…

@UltraVires is being clearly disingenuous in this thread, pretending that this is some new topic that has never been argued before.

He even admits that he knows it will be contentious, but is clearly using dismissive language to try and piss people off.

And I know he can do better, as I’ve seen him do so in other threads, even on legal topics. He actually can sometimes seem like he knows the law when his desire to shit on the libs doesn’t get in the way.

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