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The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act

Strict Scrutiny

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The Struggle for Voting Rights in Shelby County

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 and then inauguration in 2009 does spur one of the most vigorous periods of backlash and efforts to undermine voting rights. There was this whole backdrop of voter suppression before Shelby County that was just totally ignored by the Supreme Court. I think you could absolutely argue from Ohio a week ago back to the Tea Party wave back to the movement to gut the Voting Rights Act.

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