The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting. See all of the Center's recent resources on the VRA and ideas on how to move forward after the Court's decision.
This editorial memorandum, released by the Brennan Center, states that the continued exclusion from voting of a rapidly growing segment of our population is incompatible with our nation’s claim to be a beacon of democracy.
State judicial elections, which in many states have become contentious affairs attracting the attention - and the dollars - of powerful interest groups, may well have received a significant further nudge in this direction thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. With the Court’s June 27 decision in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, the efficacy of regulations that used to prevent judicial campaigns from threatening fair and impartial courts have been thrown into doubt. To place the White decision in context, this memorandum:
