All posts in tag: Voting Rights Act

Somerset Perry Elections should be won on policy

Somerset Perry, Berkeley Law student | 3/4/13 | One comment

On Wednesday (Feb. 27, 2013) the Supreme Court heard arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, a lawsuit brought by an Alabama county challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

The Voting Rights Act was originally passed in 1965 to protect minorities against the heinous discriminatory electoral practices that … More >

john powell U.S. Supreme Court to review the 1965 Voting Rights Act

john powell, director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society | 2/26/13 | 3 comments

The October, 2012 term of the United States Supreme Court promises to be one of the most momentous in American History.  Last fall, Court heard argument on the constitutionality of Affirmative Action in higher education in Fisher v. Texas (see my discussion of that case here). On Feb. 26, … More >

john powell The new Southern strategy

john powell, director, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society | 1/30/13 | 3 comments

When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he told an aide that Democrats had “lost the South for a generation,” anticipating a white backlash in the South. Since the end of Reconstruction, the South had been dominated by the Democratic Party. The national party’s efforts to promote … More >

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