Professor Cheryl Harris notes a time period during which the United States experienced a simultaneous expansion of the right to vote for white voters and
Professor Kenji Yoshino discusses “equality fatigue,” and inter alia, its implications for movements built on “rights talk,” including the right to vote movement.
Professor Franita Tolson argues for heightened judicial scrutiny of voting restrictions by states:
“[T]he Voter Qualifications Clause requires that states aggressively safeguard political participation in
In this law review article, Professor Jamin Raskin argues “the Supreme Court’s majority was free to discard basic democratic principles in Bush v. Gore because
Open Society Foundations senior policy analyst Julie Fernandes discusses the missing right to vote:
“And I hate to be the ‘slavery person’ up here, but
In this law review article, Professor Lani Guinier and voting rights litigator James Blacksher present the case for a movement to restore “the affirmative, constitutional
Professor Heather Gerken evaluates arguments for and against the right-to-vote amendment, concluding:
“It would be wonderful if the Constitution included a robust right to vote.
Professor Joshua Douglas defends the right-to-vote amendment:
“We are likely to see the biggest effects of a federal amendment where we least expect it: in
