When the Court Strips Voting Rights and Reshapes Democracy
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Austin Sarat argues that a conservative-leaning Supreme Court has systematically weakened U.S. democracy by gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, enabling partisan gerrymandering and extensive corporate political spending since Citizens United, and rolling back federal protections that safeguard minority voting rights; he traces a pattern from 2010 through 2026 and urges voters to mobilize and press Congress to defend democratic institutions.
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