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There may have been no supreme court decision this year more important this year than the one in Brnovich v Democratic National Committee.
In a 6-3 ruling that broke down along ideological lines, the court’s conservative justices upheld two Arizona voting restrictions and considerably weakened section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law.
In a scorching dissent, liberal Justice Elena Kagan bluntly criticized the majority’s attack on the Voting Rights Act and the irreparable damage the court was doing to the foundation of American democracy.
Without voting rights that are robust, the foundation of our democracy is weak.