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15th Amendment
Who controls primary elections, and who gets to vote?
As the nation barrels toward Iowa and New Hampshire, let's take a brief look at the development of primary elections and access to…
A troubled semicentennial remembrance of the Voting Rights Act
In this commentary, Rick Valelly of Swarthmore College says the history of voting rights reminds us that democracy is a work in…
Voting rights law, then and now
In this commentary, Nathaniel Persily of Stanford Law School explains how the struggle over voting rights has changed since the…
Voting Rights Act gets partial win on eve of 50th anniversary
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that a Texas state voter ID law needs to be reconsidered as violating part of the…
Celebrating one of the Voting Rights Act’s many anniversaries
In this commentary, Brianne Gorod of the Constitutional Accountability Center argues that the Voting Rights Act's multiple…
Bruised and weary, the Voting Rights Act celebrates its 50th birthday
Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965, taking an enormous step toward…
Will the next 50 years fulfill the promise of the last 50 years?
In this commentary, J. Christian Adams of the Public Interest Legal Foundation says the Voting Rights Act must be enforced without…
The Voting Rights Act and the Second Redemption
In this commentary, Kermit Roosevelt from the University of Pennsylvania Law School says our country's legacy of slavery and…
The Voting Rights Act at a crossroads
In this commentary, Rick Hasen of the University of California, Irvine School of Law says a big trial in North Carolina…
Let’s keep the Voting Rights Act focused on actual racial discrimination
In this commentary, Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity says it's time to do away with disparate impact and…
