Abby’s op-ed appears to be behind the WSJ paywall, but it begins… The Supreme Court did itself proud on Tuesday when it struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act. That is the provision of the law containing the … Continue reading

I’d been waiting for this.  It begins: “While any racial discrimination in voting is too much,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told us in Tuesday’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, “Congress must ensure that the legislation it… Continue reading

Today, if President Barack Obama wants to save the Voting Rights Act following Tuesday’s shameful Supreme Court ruling, then he faces an even bigger challenge than Johnson did: He’s got to convince a much more hostile Congress that the act… Continue reading

His Politico op-ed, here: With this week’s historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court did not actually strike down Section 5 of the Voting Right Act (VRA), which mandates advance federal approval, or pre-clearance, of changes to election procedures in… Continue reading

The New Yorker has a somewhat different take: Among the many things that can be gleaned from Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision eviscerating the Voting Rights Act is this: we live in an era of American history which is, if not… Continue reading

It begins: For anyone other than a “social justice” demagogue, the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision, striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), is cause for celebration. In real life, this is a success story: A society… Continue reading

A report that I’d somehow missed in all of the SCOTUS frenzy this morning.