Turning Lemons into Lemonade : Making Georgia v . Ashcroft the Mobile v . Bolden of 2007
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forever changed the face of electoral equality in the United States. Today, almost forty years later, the Act is considered one of the most pivotal pieces of federal legislation in our country’s history and the “most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted.” Congress has revisited various segments of the Act ave times since its enactment. A key 1982 amendment to Section 5 will expire in 2007, setting the stage for an upcoming battle over its renewal. Since 1982, Supreme Court decisions have chipped away at the strength of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in general, and Section 5 in particular. This Note argues that any effort to reauthorize the VRA must explicitly overturn limitations on its most effective provisions. It also examines the success of the 1982 reauthorization process as a guide to reaching similar results in 2007. The objective of this Note is to provide a framework for
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