A question posed by Chief Justice John Roberts to the Obama administration’s lawyer defending the Voting Rights Act captured the tenor of the proceedings.

“Is it the government’s submission that citizens in the South are more racist than citizens not in the South?” Roberts asked.

Well, when a bunch of southern states insist on celebrating Robert E. Lee Day along with MLK Day, I’d say “Yes. They’re racist as all fuck.”

And just so we’re clear: Robert E. Lee threw in his lot with a bunch of treasonists who wanted to preserve slavery. States’ rights my ass.