Supreme Court’s VRA decision a win for our system of government
Our nation’s laws must apply uniformly to each state and jurisdiction. Tuesday’s 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court striking down Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) restores an important...
View ArticleHolder targets Texas for DOJ oversight
Those who followed the Supreme Court’s decision last month to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby Co. Ala. v. Holder should not be surprised to learn that today Attorney General...
View ArticleRacial gerrymandering switcheroo
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will take up a pair of cases about racial gerrymandering. The plaintiffs in Alabama Democratic Conference v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama are...
View ArticleChallenging affirmative action and gerrymandering: AEI’s Edward Blum
“It is my hope that we will finally achieve what the great founders and visionaries of the civil rights movement taught us, and that is that your race and your ethnicity really shouldn’t count for...
View ArticleA chance to clarify ‘one person, one vote’
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will consider hearing Sue Evenwel, et al vs. Abbott, a constitutional challenge to how Texas created its state Senate districts. Evenwel merits the court’s attention...
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The unfortunate evolution of the Voting Rights Act
Fifty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, legislation he would later identify as the most important of his political career.President Lyndon B. Johnson...
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