Clyburn: Ignoring Civil Rights Law is 'Beyond the Pale'

With the Supreme Court court set to review the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-6) left little doubt as to his feelings on the matter.

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Clyburn recalled the many years he spent fighting for equality in the 1960s and 1970s. He said that civil rights legislation, "had a positive impact on the voting rights of people traditionally denied the right to vote. To ignore that, to me, is beyond the pale. It means you went to the bench with an agenda."

Clyburn singled out Justice Antonin Scalia for particular scorn. Scalia reportedly said The Voting Rights Act was a "perpetuation of racial entitlement" last week.

"What Justice Scalia said, to me, was, 'The 15th Amendment of the Constitution ain't got no concerns for me because I'm white and proud,'" Clyburn said, according to the story.

"Well, the Constitution of the U.S. is an entitlement for everybody."

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