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Monthly Archive: June 2016

  • Backsliding to disenfranchisement: How Justice Ginsburg’s Shelby warning may come true

    Backsliding. Justice Ginsburg warned of this in her famous Shelby County v. Holder dissent in 2013. Eliminating Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the pre-clearance requirement for states that had a history of suppressing minority votes, would result in a return to racial discrimination and disenfranchisement, Ginsburg said. Prior to Shelby, states with… Continue Reading

    on June 23, 2016
  • The other three SCOTUS cases you should be watching this week

    This Supreme Court term, there is something for everyone in the remaining decisions the Justices will deliver in the next few days. I would argue this term there are more “big” and mid-level cases that will affect the widest and most diverse audience of stakeholders in years: women, immigrants, college applicants, (alleged) drunk drivers, police, and… Continue Reading

    on June 21, 2016

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