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Veniece Miller
Veniece Miller
Election Data Is Vital to Voting Rights. So Why Is It So Hard to Track Down?
Voting Rights Act
Veniece Miller
Voting Rights Act
Veniece Miller
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.