Tag Archives: Voting Rights Act

Bring back the Voting Rights Act

Fifty years ago almost to the day, Martin Luther King Jr, civil rights leaders and hundreds of thousands of Americans participated in the March on Washington...

Thank you, Supreme Court

In February, I wrote in this space urging the Supreme Court to strike down the preclearance sections of the Voting Rights Act. The parts in question included...

Voting Rights Act is unfair

The Voting Rights Act was landmark legislation when it was passed, but it will soon undergo scrutiny from the Supreme Court yet again. At issue this time is if the formula to determine preclearance, which defines which states or counties are under Department of Justice control, is outdated. In 2009, the Supreme Court decided that the Voting Rights Act was constitutional...

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