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Congressional Enforcement Of Affirmative Democracy Through Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Michael J. Pitts
Congressional Enforcement Of Affirmative Democracy Through Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Michael J. Pitts
Northern Illinois University Law Review
One might instinctively think, as suggested by several commentators, that section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a race-based remedy imposed by Congress on state and local governments, has a good chance of being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. This is because, in recent years, the Court has shown a general hostility to race-based remedies and to laws that impose federal requirements on state and local governments. The author, however, identifies three core values to demonstrate that section 2 remains clearly constitutional even in light of these trends. The first is that racial discrimination in voting is a context …