Supreme Court's Alabama Voting Rights Ruling Sparks Speculation of a Shift.
Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion in Allen v. Milligan upholding a key component of the Voting Rights Act and striking down Alabama's discriminatory congressional maps provides a template for Congress to respond to court rulings that strip away or gut fundamental rights. Milligan illustrates that Congress has the authority to pass enforcement legislation to push back on Supreme Court rulings that whittle away bedrock fundamental rights, such as the right to vote.