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Richard Pildes

articles/2013/06/26/the-precedent-behind-the-court-s-vra-decision/130625-pildes-voting-rights-act-tease_phgd5x
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SCOTUS’s Racial Precedence

The Supreme Court permits race to be taken into account in public policy but strikes down a key part of the Voting Rights Act out of concern that Congress didn’t adapt such policies to today’s circumstances, writes Richard H. Pildes.

Richard Pildes

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