The 1965 Voting Rights Act helped create a majority Black legislative district in Mississippi, opening the door for Clark’s successful run for office. While 41 percent of the state’s population was ...
As the Voting Rights Act faces new threats, old tools of disenfranchisement are being repackaged for a new era.
If the oral arguments are any indication, the Supreme Court may be about to achieve a remarkably bizarre outcome: using the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to overturn a key provision of ...