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Will the truth sway the court from its apparent move to the far right? It's "Equal justice under law" and not "every advantage to the Republican Party."

The last line invites you to listen. That link won't copy, but I'll save you the trouble in that it is the audio of what appears in this story in print about politics being a zero-sum game.

Ken

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A Republican lawyer made a stunning admission to the Supreme Court about a voting rights case

The Supreme Court has changed dramatically in the nearly eight years since it suggested racism isn't a big deal anymore – and not for the better.

But it was the court's newest member, and one of the most right-wing yet, who asked a revealing question.

"What's the interest of the Arizona RNC here in keeping, say, the out-of-precinct ballot disqualification rules on the books?"

That law forces the state to throw out voter ballots if cast in the wrong precinct.

The question was asked by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The answer stunned many.

"Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats," the lawyer, Michael Carvin, responded, as Mother Jones reports. "Politics is a zero-sum game," he added.

"It's the difference between winning an election 50-49 and –" he continued, but Justice Barrett wouldn't even let him finish his sentence, perhaps for fear of what else he would say.

"Republicans' intentions couldn't be any clearer," writes Mother Jones' Abigail Weinberg. "It's not about reducing fraud. It's about keeping minorities from voting for Democrats."

Listen as Carvin, , very matter-of-factly, and almost condescendingly, admit what Republicans need to do to win: