Its not 1965 Anymore
from Edifice of Trust Hosted by Victor C. Bolles
The Supreme Court's decision to strike down minority-majority voting districts presumably required under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been denounced as attack by a right-wing Court dominated by Trump appointees on the civil rights of African Americans. But the Court correctly asserted that such racially gerrymandered districts were unconstitutional. In this commentary we look at how this decision gives us an opportunity to reform the practice of gerrymandering that has promoted the divisiveness that afflicts our country.
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