“As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether the VRA has outlived its usefulness, having heard oral arguments in October questioning the constitutionality of the landmark law’s most vital remaining provision, the question of racism’s grip on America remains” (Jim Saksa. The Voting Rights Act Is Still Working to Stop Racist Laws. The Supreme Court May Not Care.” Democracy Docket 11/24/25).

The VRA was passed into law in 1965 to end Jim Crow laws and racial discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement of that era. “Section 2… prohibits any voting law, procedure, or map resulting in the ‘denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.’” The result of this new law was that the number of Blacks in the U.S. Congress increased d

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