The history of voting and elections in America doesn’t follow a steady path toward progress or retreat. It is marked by intense struggles, monumental victories and devastating losses.
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The Supreme Court created a test 40 years ago to root out racial bias in jury selection. Here, a death penalty scholar explains why it’s not working.
The Supreme Court appears poised to abolish a key part of the Voting Rights Act. It may draw on a constitutional amendment that empowered African Americans.
The meaning of the Constitution’s preamble, which begins with the words ‘We the People,’ has evolved over time as voting rights have expanded.
Amid what will likely be a flood of charges, countercharges and a lot of heated rhetoric, there are prescribed legal processes that will play out in the event of election challenges.
The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out.
Protests of Confederate flags and monuments have grown since 2015, but resistance is not new. African Americans have been protesting against Confederate monuments since they were erected.
The modern poll tax isn’t paid in money, but in time – how long it takes a person to get to a polling place, and, once there, how long it takes for them to actually cast their ballot.
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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