An Essay on Voting Rights in the United States: Continuing the History of Discrimination Against Minority Voters or the Subject of Permissible Partisan Gerrymandering?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) transformed American democracy by giving the federal government practical tools to combat racial discrimination in voting, most notably through Section 5 preclearance and Section 2 litigation. This article examines whether the United States Supreme Court has so limited those tools th...