To understand the significance of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, books about the Deep South’s changes in the 20th century are critical to read.
Tag: Supreme Court (US)
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Supreme Court Gives the Voting Rights Act a Tenuous New Lease on Life
The main remaining power of the landmark 1965 law, over racial bias in political mapmaking, gets an unexpected buttressing from a court that had been weakening the law for years.
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Supreme Court’s Alabama Voting Rights Case Has Implications for Other Southern States
A decision that said Alabama’s congressional voting maps were detrimental to Black voters was celebrated by advocates — and could mean changes to voting in other states.
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Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law
The justices rejected the government’s interpretation of a 2004 law that adds two years in prison for certain felonies if they involved misusing another person’s identification.