(1/3) Regarding the deluge of recent TROs and the gov’ts open defiance this weekend, the history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is instructive.
The Supreme Court upheld it in 1966, noting the inadequacy of case-by-case litigation to overcome “obstructionist tactics.”
The Supreme Court upheld it in 1966, noting the inadequacy of case-by-case litigation to overcome “obstructionist tactics.”
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*The DOJ hasn’t yet changed the voting rights history website.
https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-federal-voting-rights-laws
The same is true today except Trump (not George Wallace) is shaking his fist at the courts and Congress won’t step in. Between Citizens United and Alexander v SC NAACP, they’re bought and benched.
What SCOTUS now does to the broad enjoinder power of district judges is critical.