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BBT #16 Snippet | Why Voting Is More Urgent Than Ever
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling didn't just limit the Voting Rights Act — it effectively dismantled the mechanism that Section 2 provided for protecting majority-Black congressional districts. The VRA of 1965 was the legislative response to a century of deliberate voter suppression following Reconstruction. Section 2 was its enforcement engine — the provision that gave courts the authority to strike down election maps drawn specifically to dilute Black political power. That engine has now been significantly weakened, and the maps are already being redrawn. The outrage being expressed right now…
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