I am optimistic that the Supreme Court's blatantly political, activist decision in its recent voting rights opinion is going to backfire on the GOP in a couple of ways. There's a good chance that the GOP lawmakers and governors will over-play the hand the Supreme Court dealt them, resulting in enough anger among Democratic-leaning constituencies to cause them to finally start getting to the polls and voting. We saw some of that occur last year when the GOP's efforts to suppress Democratic voters provided real motivation to get to the polls. The GOP succeeded in disenfranchising some voters, but I think the effort was a net loss for them.

The other way the Court's voting rights decision will back fire on the Court's Republican members is that it will encourage new legal actions such as the one initiated in Texas today. It will be interesting, and I hope fun, to watch.