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Section 2 bars any voting procedure that “results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race.” 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Voting Rights

Simplified: 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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2 months ago
Conservative justices have long argued that there is a tension between the statute’s goal of protecting minority voting rights and a colorblind conception of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clau... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: Conservative justices have long argued tension between statute’s goal of protecting minority voting rights and colorblind conception of 14th Amendment...

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2 months ago
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 altog... 0.900

👤 Nicholas Stephanopoulos 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Holding Section 2 unconstitutional could be boon for Republicans said Nicholas Stephanopoulos as it would allow states to eliminate minority-opportuni...

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2 months ago
But it certainly suggested that the court may consider holding Section 2 unconstitutional. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: It suggested court may consider holding Section 2 unconstitutional

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2 months ago
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. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: Court called for second argument in Citizens United campaign finance case in 2009 turning minor case into judicial landmark

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2 months ago
On 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... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: 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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2 months ago
But Chief Justice Roberts, again writing for the majority, said the main remaining tool in the Voting Rights Act, its Section 2, remained available. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: Chief Justice Roberts said Section 2 of Voting Rights Act remained available

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2 months ago
At the federal level, though, what remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: What remained after Rucho was mostly a part of the Voting Rights Act at the federal level.

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2 months ago
It was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship, though race and political affiliations are often hard to untangle. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The Voting Rights Act was concerned with discrimination against minority voters and not with partisanship.

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2 months ago
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... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Voting Rights

Simplified: Central provision of law imposed federal supervision on states with history of discrimination for nearly 50 years

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2 months ago
The court effectively eliminated that part of the law — its Section 5 — in 2013 in Shelby County v. Holder, by a 5 to 4 vote. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Supreme Court

Simplified: Court eliminated Section 5 of the law in 2013 in Shelby County v Holder by 5 to 4 vote

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2 months ago
“And political actors in response are flexing the new power they have.” 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Political actors in response are flexing the new power they have Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame. 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
They encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: They encouraged a politics of polarization and dysfunction Justice Elena Kagan wrote.

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2 months ago
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court had betrayed its most fundamental commitment — to protect democracy. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: The court had betrayed its most fundamental commitment to protect democracy Justice Elena Kagan said in dissent.

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2 months ago
“They promoted partisanship above respect for the popular will. 0.900

👤 Justice Elena Kagan 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: They promoted partisanship above respect for the popular will Justice Elena Kagan wrote.

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2 months ago
“These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process,” he said. 0.900

👤 Derek T. Muller 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process Derek T. Muller said.

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2 months ago
“Partisan gerrymandering claims,” he wrote, “present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.” 0.900

👤 Chief Justice Roberts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts.

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2 months ago
Richard L. Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the Roberts court may be moving in the opposite direction. 0.900

👤 Richard L. Hasen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Richard L. Hasen said the Roberts court may be moving in the opposite direction.

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2 months ago
Indeed, quoting an earlier decision, he said that drawing voting districts to give the party in power lopsided advantages was “incompatible with democratic principles.” 0.900

👤 Chief Justice Roberts 📋 News Article 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: Drawing voting districts to give the party in power lopsided advantages was incompatible with democratic principles.

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2 months ago