Justice Scalia: I think [the VRA is] very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. . . . Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes. . . .
Justice Sotomayor: Do you think that the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?
Justice Scalia: But I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection.
Justice Scalia: Will you give me an example where one… somebody desecrates the flag in order to show that he agrees with the policies of the United States.