Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act?
The Supreme Court is poised to invalidate part of the
civil-rights era law that regulates Southern states' polling practices.
Ben Jacobs on why the old rules may not fit our new era.
Sometime early next year, the Supreme Court is expected to invalidate
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the most powerful and effective tool
that the United States government has to combat discriminatory election
practices. The expected decision, in a case called Shelby County v. Holder is not being met with shock or outrage by legal academics, but rather a dismayed shrug.
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