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Constitutional Law

Aug. 16, 2022

Districts could be cracked, leaving voting rights in crumbles

Overnight, Congress and state legislatures would become less representative of the communities they serve.

Bernadette Reyes

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Merrill v. Milligan

This fall the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that threatens to alter 30-plus years of voting rights jurisprudence.

Merrill v. Milligan, a relatively straightforward case brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, involved a challenge to Alabama's newest Congressional maps as racially dilutive. Merrill v. Milligan, 142 S. Ct. 879, 884-8...

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