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Ruling in Alabama case could boost suits increasing Black voters’ power in other states
And the Harvard Law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a prominent redistricting expert, said in an email that Thursday’s ruling could make it harder for Republicans to wipe out a congressional district where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate in eastern North Carolina, which is set to conduct redistricting later this year.
Supreme Court’s Alabama ruling delivers Democrats an unexpected boost
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a professor of election law at Harvard Law School, called the ruling “a truly, truly stunning development” and “the most unexpected voting rights development” in 30 years.
Surprise After Supreme Court Saves What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act
John Roberts began targeting the Voting Rights Act decades before he joined the U.S. Supreme Court, and as Chief Justice nearly a decade ago to the day, in Shelby County v Holder, he wrote for the majority to gut a centerpiece of the VRA known as Section 5. So when the court agreed to hear Allen v. Milligan this term, observers widely expected him to complete his project and kneecap what’s left of the landmark civil rights law.
Why the Supreme Court Declined an Opportunity to Diminish the Voting Rights Act
On Thursday, in a stunning 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Alabama’s redistricting process had illegally diluted the power of Black voters. To talk about the decision and its implications, I spoke by phone with Ruth Greenwood, the director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School.
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