The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito
No one is fooled by Justice Alito’s act of cowardice, unless it is Justice Alito himself.
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Jurisprudence The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito By Richard L. Hasen April 30, 20261:23 PM The coward Sam Alito. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Mark Wilson/Getty Images and Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images.” Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment Sign up for Executive Dysfunction, a newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story each week about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back. You’ll also receive updates on the latest from Slate’s Jurisprudence team. If Wednesday’s disastrous Supreme Court opinion in Louisiana v. Callais reveals one thing, it’s this: Justice Samuel Alito is a coward. In that opinion, he’s either lying to himself or to the rest of us about the future of the Voting Rights Act.
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