3/ Murray, cont'd:
This progress narrative prompted RBG to note in dissent that throwing out the preclearance formula was like throwing out your umbrella in a rainstorm because you weren't getting wet. She was right.
SCOTUS didn't invalidate the whole preclearance regime--just the formula. And Congress could have written a new preclearance formula... if it weren't super-polarized and dysfunctional.
As it happened, Congress did not write a new formula. And the preclearance regime died.
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