Here is the final guest post from Chris Elmendorf on his forthcoming paper: Critics of Section 2 have long voiced three specific complaints.  In this final blog post about my paper, I’m going to revisit those objections and highlight… Continue reading

Here is Chris Elmendorf’s latest guest blog post: In my last two posts, I argued that constitutional doubts about Section 2 could be resolved by conditioning liability on a showing that the plaintiffs’ injury resulted from race-biased decisionmaking by… Continue reading

Here’ Chris Elmendorf’s latest guest post: In yesterday’s post, I argued that constitutional doubts about Section 2’s results test would be put to rest if plaintiffs were required to show that their injury resulted from race-biased (prejudiced or… Continue reading

Here’s Chris Elmendorf’s second guest post on his forthcoming piece: Enacted by Congress in 1982, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) bans electoral structures “which result[]” in members of a class of citizens defined by race or color… Continue reading

Here is Chris Elmendorf’s first guest blog post: Rick Hasen has kindly invited me to guest-blog this week about my forthcoming article,  Making Sense of Section 2: Of Biased Votes, Unconstitutional Elections, and Common Law Statutes, 160 U. Pa. L. … Continue reading