On Voting Rights, Test of History v. Progress – NYTimes.com
By Cara | April 28, 2009
By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: April 27, 2009
WASHINGTON — Ellen D. Katz is a liberal law professor and a big fan of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which she calls the most effective civil rights legislation in American history. “It’s sacred,” she said. “It’s holy.”
But Professor Katz is torn about what the Supreme Court should do in a case asking it to strike down a central part of the law. She cannot shake the feeling that the election of the nation’s first black president has changed everything.
“This election was momentous,” said Professor Katz, who teaches voting rights and legal history at the University of Michigan, “and it arguably presents the moment when Congress should close out this regime.”
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10:49 am on April 28th, 2009
I do not agree that the voting rights act should be edited – there needs to be a net in place so that people can appeal to the legal system to find justice.