The History, the Effect, and the Judicial Diminution of the Voting Rights Act
In its next term, the United States Supreme Court will be addressing the legitimacy of an obscure and unfounded theory that only state legislatures—and not courts—are empowered to resolve election challenges; the anticipated return of the High Court to voting issues prompts a review and revisiting of one of the central pieces of civil rights legislation in our nation’s history. Intended to remedy generations of racial and other forms of discrimination in polling, the Voting Rights Act clearly established prohibitions on attempts to disenfranchise Americans of color; in its several…
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