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Quick And Dirty: The New Misreading Of The Voting Rights Act, Justin Levitt
Quick And Dirty: The New Misreading Of The Voting Rights Act, Justin Levitt
Florida State University Law Review
The role of race in the apportionment of political power is one of the thorniest problems at the heart of American democracy, and reappears with dogged consistency on the docket of the Supreme Court. Most recently, the Court resolved a case from Alabama involving the Voting Rights Act and the appropriate use of race in redistricting. But though the Court correctly decided the narrow issue before it, the litigation posture of the case hid the fact that Alabama is part of a disturbing pattern. Jurisdictions like Alabama have been applying not the Voting Rights Act, but a ham-handed cartoon of …
The Law Of Democracy At A Crossroads: Reflecting On Fifty Years Of Voting Rights And The Judicial Regulation Of The Political Thicket, Franita Tolson
The Law Of Democracy At A Crossroads: Reflecting On Fifty Years Of Voting Rights And The Judicial Regulation Of The Political Thicket, Franita Tolson
Florida State University Law Review
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Rescuing Retrogression, Michael J. Pitts
Rescuing Retrogression, Michael J. Pitts
Florida State University Law Review
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