{"id":149973,"date":"2026-04-30T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/30\/the-roberts-court-came-in-like-a-wrecking-ball-for-the-voting-rights-act\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:01","slug":"the-roberts-court-came-in-like-a-wrecking-ball-for-the-voting-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/30\/the-roberts-court-came-in-like-a-wrecking-ball-for-the-voting-rights-act\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roberts Court Came In Like A Wrecking Ball For The Voting Rights Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The metaphor is a wrecking ball. There are still parts of the VRA that are operative, but the two main pillars are now virtually dead letters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Professor Rick Hasen<\/a>, an election law expert at UCLA Law, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the Supreme Court\u2019s handling of the Voting Rights Act. Over the course of the last decade, the Roberts Court has slowly but surely chipped away at the landmark law, leaving it on its last legs.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The Roberts Court Came In Like A Wrecking Ball For The Voting Rights Act<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The metaphor is a wrecking ball. There are still parts of the VRA that are operative, but the two main pillars are now virtually dead letters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Professor Rick Hasen<\/a>, an election law expert at UCLA Law, in comments given to Reuters<\/a>, concerning the Supreme Court\u2019s handling of the Voting Rights Act. Over the course of the last decade, the Roberts Court has slowly but surely chipped away at the landmark law, leaving it on its last legs.<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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