The Supreme Court upheld the application of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to protect the opportunity for communities of color to elect candidates of choice. The Supreme Court’s opinion relied heavily on the amicus brief filed by the Election Law Clinic in its decision. The ELC brief provided the Supreme Court with empirical information about the reach of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and warned that accepting Appellants’ proposal would undermine the election of minority-preferred candidates and governmental responsiveness to minority interests, in violation of Congress’s clear instructions.
