Great post by Elise Boddie, our former Director of Litigation: ...The dangers of tyrannical majorities were recognized by the founding fathers as a distinctive problem. Indeed, they structured our system of government to guard against the potential for this very kind of abuse. Perhaps even more significantly, the Schuette decision consciously ignores the history of race in the context of voting. As Justice Sotomayors dissent powerfully reminds us, history is filled with examples of concerted efforts by white majorities to change the political process in ways that disadvantage people of color. Schemes have long existed to subvert the minority vote and prevent minorities from exerting their political power in ways that advance their interests. Indeed, the precedent that the Justices skirted in the Supreme Court ruling illustrates this point.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 22:00:00 +0000
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