SCOTUS Shreds Voting Rights Act With Faulty Data
The recent decision by the Supreme Court to significantly weaken the Voting Rights Act appears to have been built upon a foundation of questionable racial voter turnout data. This isn’t just a matter of differing interpretations; the very statistics used to justify gutting a landmark piece of civil rights legislation seem to be fundamentally flawed, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the ruling itself.
It’s often the case with these impactful rulings that the data presented, or relied upon, is not as robust as it should be. In this instance, the information used to argue for a reduction in protections under the Voting Rights Act has been described as misleading.… Continue reading
Matt Underwood