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Alabama’S Dmv Closures Reinforce Need To Restore The Voting Rights Act, Lauren Carasik
Alabama’S Dmv Closures Reinforce Need To Restore The Voting Rights Act, Lauren Carasik
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Supreme Court Argument On Same-Sex Marriage Clouds Predictions, Lauren Carasik
Supreme Court Argument On Same-Sex Marriage Clouds Predictions, Lauren Carasik
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Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik
Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik
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Doj Clears Wilson But Excoriates Ferguson Police, Lauren Carasik
Doj Clears Wilson But Excoriates Ferguson Police, Lauren Carasik
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In Abercrombie Case, Supreme Court Should Protect Religious Freedom, Lauren Carasik
In Abercrombie Case, Supreme Court Should Protect Religious Freedom, Lauren Carasik
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The Real State Of The Union 2015, Lauren Carasik
Unmistakably Clear: Human Rights, The Right To Representation, And Remedial Voting Rights Of People Of Color, Matthew H. Charity
Unmistakably Clear: Human Rights, The Right To Representation, And Remedial Voting Rights Of People Of Color, Matthew H. Charity
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The Author critiques the Supreme Court’s analysis in its Shelby County v. Holder decision, which found the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional by applying a disparate treatment analysis to how States were treated under the Act. Such a reading of the Act makes a number of tacit and explicit assumptions with regard to the choice by the Federal Government and by the States of whose rights governmental actors must protect. The Court reached its conclusion by decontextualizing the Civil Rights movement and the Voting Rights Act from decolonization and post-World War II expressions of human rights, a …