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The Supreme Court is considering challenges to the Voting Rights Act, potentially impacting minority voting rights. The article discusses the court's recent actions on election cases, highlighting concerns about partisan gerrymandering and the role of federal courts. It also examines the potential consequences of weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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There are now signs that court is considering striking down or severely constraining the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a towering achievement of the civil rights movement that has protected the rights of minority voters since it was enacted 60 years ago last week. Taken together, the court\u2019s actions in election cases in recent years have shown great tolerance for partisan gamesmanship and great skepticism about federal laws on campaign spending and minority rights. The court\u2019s rulings have been of a piece with its conservative wing\u2019s jurisprudential commitments: giving states leeway in many realms, insisting on an expansive interpretation of the First Amendment and casting a skeptical eye on government racial classifications.At bottom, the court\u2019s election-law decisions seem aimed at dismantling decisions of the famously liberal court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953 to 1969.In his memoirs, Chief Justice Warren described decisions establishing the equality of each citizen\u2019s vote as his court\u2019s most important achievements. That made them more important in his view even than Brown v. Board of Education, which ordered the desegregation of public schools.ImageChief Justice Earl Warren, outside the Supreme Court, in 1962. Credit...George Tames\/The New York TimesRichard L. Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the Roberts court may be moving in the opposite direction.\u201cAt least some of the conservative justices on the court seem ready to turn the clock back to the early 1960s,\u201d he said, \u201cwhen courts imposed very little constraints on the most blatant power grabs, and before Congress exercised its constitutional powers to protect voting rights.\u201dPresident Trump\u2019s effort to create five additional Republican House seats in Texas, for instance, is possible in part thanks to a 2019 Supreme Court decision that said federal courts have no role to play in assessing the constitutionality of voting maps distorted by politics.Sign up for the Race\/Related Newsletter Join a deep and provocative exploration of race, identity and society with New York Times journalists.\n Get it sent to your inbox.Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the majority in that 5-to-4 decision, Rucho v. Common Cause, acknowledged that \u201cexcessive partisanship in districting leads to results that reasonably seem unjust.\u201d Indeed, quoting an earlier decision, he said that drawing voting districts to give the party in power lopsided advantages was \u201cincompatible with democratic principles.\u201dBut in a telling statement reflecting his view of the judicial role in protecting voters, the chief justice wrote that federal courts were powerless to address this grave problem. \u201cPartisan gerrymandering claims,\u201d he wrote, \u201cpresent political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.\u201dImageChief Justice Roberts speaking at Georgetown University in May. Credit...Eric Lee\/The New York TimesIn dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court had betrayed its most fundamental commitment \u2014 to protect democracy.\u201cThese gerrymanders enabled politicians to entrench themselves in office as against voters\u2019 preferences,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThey promoted partisanship above respect for the popular will. They encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction. If left unchecked, gerrymanders like the ones here may irreparably damage our system of government.\u201dThe Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame.\u201cThese developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd political actors in response are flexing the new power they have.\u201dThe drama in Texas, spurred by Mr. Trump\u2019s desire to bolster Republican chances of retaining control of the House in next year\u2019s midterm elections, caused Democratic lawmakers to leave the state in a bid to stall the plan. The controversy also shows signs of growing into a national fight, with Republican- and Democratic-led state legislatures hatching plans to redraw House maps for partisan advantage.\u201cWe tell ourselves this story that every two years, voters go into the voting booth and pick their member of the House of Representatives,\u201d Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford and a former Justice Department official in Democratic administrations, said on a podcast last week. \u201cAnd right now it\u2019s the other way around. The politicians are going into a room and picking their voters.\u201dImageA polling place in Philadelphia last year. Credit...Caroline Gutman for The New York TimesWriting for the majority in the Rucho case, Chief Justice Roberts said that state courts and independent redistricting commissions still have a role to play in addressing partisan gerrymandering.At the federal level, though, what remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act. It was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship, though race and political affiliations are often hard to untangle.Adam LiptakSupreme Court reporter\u201cI try to make the Supreme Court accessible to readers.\u00a0I strive to distill and translate complex legal materials into accessible prose, while presenting fairly the arguments of both sides and remaining alert to the political context and practical consequences of the court\u2019s work.\u201dLearn about how Adam Liptak approaches covering the court.For nearly 50 years, the central provision of the law imposed federal supervision on states with a history of discrimination, requiring advance approval from the Justice Department or a federal court for all sorts of changes to voting procedures.The court effectively eliminated that part of the law \u2014 its Section 5 \u2014 in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder, by a 5 to 4 vote. That led to a wave of measures making it harder to vote.But Chief Justice Roberts, again writing for the majority, said the main remaining tool in the Voting Rights Act, its Section 2, remained available. That part of the law allowed for after-the-fact challenges to voting maps that unlawfully diluted minority voting power.\u201cSection 2 is permanent, applies nationwide and is not at issue in this case,\u201d the chief justice wrote.Now Section 2 may be in peril, in two ways.ImageMartin Luther King III and Rev. Al Sharpton outside the Supreme Court during oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013.Credit...Christopher Gregory\/The New York TimesOn the last day of the Supreme Court term in June, the justices announced that they would not immediately decide a case from Louisiana testing voting maps that included two majority Black districts to satisfy the Voting Rights Act. A lower courts said race had played too large a role in the process, while the state said lawmakers had been motivated by permissible partisan politics. In an unsigned order in June, the court said it would hear a second argument in the case in the term starting in October.Such re-arguments are rare, and they can signal that the court is about to convert a routine case into a blockbuster. In 2009, for instance, the court called for a second argument in the Citizens United campaign finance case, turning a minor and quirky case about a movie few had seen into a judicial landmark.That decision, which allowed unlimited campaign spending by corporations and unions, overturned two precedents and struck down part of a bipartisan 2002 law that sought to limit the role of money in politics.In their order in June in the new case from Louisiana, the justices said they would pose additional questions \u201cin due course.\u201d They chose the evening of Friday, Aug. 1 to do so.The question was a doozy, asking the parties to file supplemental briefs on whether Louisiana\u2019s \u201cintentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.\u201dThe question can be read in several ways. But it certainly suggested that the court may consider holding Section 2 unconstitutional.ImageA polling place in Coushatta, La., last November.Credit...Emily Kask for The New York TimesSection 2 bars any voting procedure that \u201cresults in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race.\u201d That happens, the provision goes on, when racial minorities have less opportunity to elect representatives of their choice than other voters.Conservative justices have long argued that there is a tension between the statute\u2019s goal of protecting minority voting rights and a colorblind conception of the 14th Amendment\u2019s equal protection clause.Holding Section 2 unconstitutional could be a boon for Republicans, said Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a law professor at Harvard, as it would allow states to eliminate minority-opportunity districts altogether.That would make it easy, he said, to draw completely Republican maps in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and elsewhere.Even if the court stops short of holding Section 2 unconstitutional, it could do great damage to it in another case the court may consider in the term that starts in October. A theory recently adopted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit says that only the government, not voters and other private parties, can sue to enforce the provision.The Supreme Court paused the Eight Circuit\u2019s ruling last month, but it may well agree to hear a promised appeal in the coming months, particularly as three members of the court \u2014 Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch \u2014 noted dissents.Accepting the Eight Circuit\u2019s theory, Professor Karlan said, would cripple the law calling the private right of action \u201ccritical to having a V.R.A. at all.\u201dThe controversies over voting rights point to a larger issue about the nature of democracy, said Samuel Issacharoff, a law professor at New York University.\u201cThe majority of today should always fear that it may find itself in the minority tomorrow and that its rules can be used against it,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat happens when this breaks down? What happens if the majority of today sees this as the last chance to take it all?\u201dAdam Liptak covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on legal developments. A graduate of Yale Law School, he practiced law for 14 years before joining The Times in 2002.See more on: U.S. Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts Jr., Donald TrumpRead 58 CommentsShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT", "ai_headline": "Supreme Court and the Future of Voting Rights", "ai_simplified_title": "Supreme Court Considers Voting Rights Act Challenges Amidst Gerrymandering", "ai_excerpt": "The Supreme Court is considering challenges to the Voting Rights Act, potentially impacting minority voting rights. The article discusses the court's recent actions on election cases, highlighting concerns about partisan gerrymandering and the role of federal courts. 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Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship RulingRead the DecisionHighlightsWhat Happens NextPower of District-Court JudgesBackgroundIf Republicans succeed in pulling off an aggressively partisan gerrymander of congressional districts in Texas, they will owe the Supreme Court a debt of gratitude.In the two decades Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has led the Supreme Court, the justices have reshaped American elections not just by letting state lawmakers like those in Texas draw voting maps warped by politics, but also by gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and amplifying the role of money in politics.Developments in recent weeks signaled that some members of the court think there is more work to be done in removing legal guardrails governing elections. There are now signs that court is considering striking down or severely constraining the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act, a towering achievement of the civil rights movement that has protected the rights of minority voters since i...
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Simplified: Democratic governors considering plans to redraw congressional maps
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Simplified: Republicans will owe the Supreme Court a debt of gratitude if they succeed in gerrymandering congressional districts in Texas.
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Simplified: Justices have reshaped American elections by letting state lawmakers draw voting maps and gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in the two decades Chi...
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Simplified: Some members of the court think there is more work to be done in removing legal guardrails governing elections developments in recent weeks signaled.
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Simplified: The court is considering striking down or severely constraining the remaining pillar of the Voting Rights Act.
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Simplified: The courtβs rulings have been of a piece with its conservative wingβs jurisprudential commitments giving states leeway insisting on an expansive inter...
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Simplified: The courtβs election-law decisions seem aimed at dismantling decisions of the famously liberal court led by Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1953 to 196...
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Simplified: Decisions establishing the equality of each citizenβs vote were more important in Warren's view even than Brown v Board of Education.
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The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame.0.900π€ Derek T. Muller π News Article π·οΈ Law , Politics π a11649ea-c179-4de4-b1f5-f19dceefbf4cSimplified: The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend Derek T. Muller said.
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Simplified: Democratic state lawmakers left Texas to block Republicans' redistricting effort
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Simplified: Voters go into the voting booth and pick their member of the House of Representatives every two years Pamela Karlan said.
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Simplified: The politicians are going into a room and picking their voters right now Pamela Karlan said.
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At the federal level, though, what remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act.0.900Simplified: What remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act at the federal level.
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Simplified: The Voting Rights Act was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship.
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Voting Rights π a11649eb-ccdc-469c-a3d1-22389a81355aSimplified: Central provision of law imposed federal supervision on states with history of discrimination for nearly 50 years
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649eb-fedd-40ed-9c86-8e74566c7459Simplified: Court eliminated Section 5 of the law in 2013 in Shelby County v Holder by 5 to 4 vote
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Voting Rights , Politics π a11649ec-1b26-42f9-8f27-2863a0d46426Simplified: Elimination of Section 5 led to wave of measures making it harder to vote
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ec-37df-43e4-a6de-5b04c5c32024Simplified: Chief Justice Roberts said Section 2 of Voting Rights Act remained available
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ec-7953-45e9-b784-5ae32d7e8275Simplified: Justices announced they would not immediately decide case from Louisiana testing voting maps on last day of Supreme Court term in June
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ec-ae3d-44c7-9865-f3384d6665ceSimplified: Court said it would hear second argument in case in term starting in October in unsigned order in June
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ec-c9f7-47af-8b7d-3f34527528c9Simplified: Re-arguments are rare they can signal court is about to convert routine case into blockbuster
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ec-ea3d-4d77-aced-ece0a6bdca30Simplified: Court called for second argument in Citizens United campaign finance case in 2009 turning minor case into judicial landmark
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Simplified: Decision allowed unlimited campaign spending by corporations unions overturned two precedents struck down part of bipartisan 2002 law
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π€ The author π News Article π a11649ed-2f84-449b-9658-9f0672f90a28Simplified: They chose evening of Friday Aug 1 to do so
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ed-620e-4698-bab7-1e80a2f1117cSimplified: It suggested court may consider holding Section 2 unconstitutional
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Voting Rights π a11649ed-7d8d-4164-a6e2-ecd1cf7a5ccfSimplified: Section 2 bars any voting procedure that results in denial or abridgment of right of any citizen of United States to vote on account of race
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ed-c841-4719-9c82-89aa252ac65dSimplified: Conservative justices have long argued tension between statuteβs goal of protecting minority voting rights and colorblind conception of 14th Amendment...
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π€ Nicholas Stephanopoulos π News Article π·οΈ Politics π a11649ee-02ae-4fbd-8ec6-b5ce014ccc0dSimplified: That would make it easy to draw completely Republican maps in Alabama Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina elsewhere
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ee-34a3-49b9-8477-15beeb9bdfa3Simplified: Theory recently adopted by U S Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit says only government not voters other private parties can sue to enforce provision
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π€ The author π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ee-51ac-4998-9757-02c1ffd4646fSimplified: Supreme Court paused Eight Circuitβs ruling last month but may well agree to hear promised appeal in coming months particularly as three members of co...
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π€ Professor Karlan π News Article π·οΈ Law , Supreme Court π a11649ee-7617-45e6-8670-b029fca94094Simplified: Accepting Eight Circuitβs theory Professor Karlan said would cripple law calling private right of action critical to having V R A at all
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π€ Samuel Issacharoff π News Article π·οΈ Politics π a11649ee-b85c-4102-b2f9-f60ea1366c49Simplified: Majority of today should always fear it may find itself in minority tomorrow its rules can be used against it
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π€ Samuel Issacharoff π News Article π·οΈ Politics π a11649ee-d8ed-4eb9-94c4-64210fd79ce7Simplified: What happens when this breaks down
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π€ Samuel Issacharoff π News Article π·οΈ Politics π a11649ee-f6fe-4c36-b961-0ae0cd6adc78Simplified: What happens if majority of today sees this as last chance to take it all