How The Supreme Court Diminished the Right to Vote and What Congress Can Do About It

Henry Rose Henry Rose is a Curt and Linda Rodin Professor of Law and Social Justice at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Introduction The right to vote in the United States has always been steeped in dis­crimination. For most of United States history, it was a right that African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, […]

Editor’s Preface: 75.1

Editor’s Preface: 75.1 By Nathan Goetting With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court is about to further lapse into right-wing activism. It’s been a reactionary court for the past 13 years, when Kennedy was the swing vote in a few divided cases. But sometimes Kennedy would swing the Court toward genuine progressive […]