Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Aug. 6, 2025
States take the lead as federal voting rights crumble
With the weakening of the federal Voting Rights Act, it's now up to the states -- ironically invoking "states' rights" -- to enact their own laws to safeguard minority voting rights.
Kevin I. Shenkman
Attorney
Shenkman & Hughes PC
Phone: (310) 457-0970
Email: kshenkman@shenkmanhughes.com
Columbia Univ SOL; New York NY
The federal Voting Rights Act (FVRA), widely regarded as the most successful civil rights legislation in our nation's checkered history, was adopted in 1965 largely to combat voter suppression efforts most pronounced in the formerly Confederate states. Opponents of voting rights at the time decried the FVRA as an assault on "states' rights." Yet 60 years later, with the FVRA hobbled by a series of intellectually-dishonest and politi...
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