SCOTUS Says Voting Rights Act Doesn’t Compel Discrimination During Redistricting
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The Constitution prohibits sorting citizens based on race. And yet, for far too long, lower federal courts had interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require states to do just that—particularly when it came to drawing legislative districts.
This put states between a rock and a hard place: They either had to comply with the courts’ misinterpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
This long-percolating dispute ca
This put states between a rock and a hard place: They either had to comply with the courts’ misinterpretation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act or violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
This long-percolating dispute ca
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