Theodore R. Johnson

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Writer | Contributing columnist @WashingtonPost | Senior Fellow @NewAmerica | Navy vet | ΩΨΦ | HBCU-educated

Twenty years ago, Congress strengthened and reauthorized the Voting Rights Act, a clear statement from the most democratic branch of government. But just three months later, Purcell was decided. Since then, the court has decided it should have no role in challenging unfair laws when elections approach; no role in deciding which states’ voting laws should be subject to federal approval; no role when parties gerrymander the states to win every seat; and no role in disentangling impermissible racial discrimination from permissible partisanship. On voting rights, what’s left for the Supreme Court to do? Not much. And that seems to be the aim.