4/ Murray, cont'd:
Which has led to an uptick in laws that seem aimed at suppressing the vote among certain constituencies.
When confronted with this possibility in Shelby County, CJ Roberts, who wrote for the 5-4 maj, assured us that Sec 2 of the VRA remained a viable path for dealing with this.
Except that the Court was determined to hobble that too!
And it did in 2021's Brnovich v. DNC, which made it harder for litigants to establish violations of Section 2.
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