La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis

This article analyses the jurisprudential deconstruction of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court over the past thirty years. This deconstruction completes that of other race-conscious public policies by the Court (Affirmative Action, school desegregation). Both parties have concentrated t...

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Main Author: Olivier Richomme
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Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Rennes 2016-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/8938
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description This article analyses the jurisprudential deconstruction of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court over the past thirty years. This deconstruction completes that of other race-conscious public policies by the Court (Affirmative Action, school desegregation). Both parties have concentrated their ideological and partisan conflict on the right to vote and have used the law as their weapon of choice. As a consequence, the process of political representation in the US is still very much encumbered by the weight of history. Paradoxically, this Voting Rights Act deconstruction might be an opportunity for voting rights advocates.
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spelling doaj-art-71247964e2b3436e9bca9b7e88e6de942025-01-06T09:03:21ZengPresses universitaires de RennesRevue LISA1762-61532016-06-011410.4000/lisa.8938La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-UnisOlivier RichommeThis article analyses the jurisprudential deconstruction of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court over the past thirty years. This deconstruction completes that of other race-conscious public policies by the Court (Affirmative Action, school desegregation). Both parties have concentrated their ideological and partisan conflict on the right to vote and have used the law as their weapon of choice. As a consequence, the process of political representation in the US is still very much encumbered by the weight of history. Paradoxically, this Voting Rights Act deconstruction might be an opportunity for voting rights advocates.https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/8938Supreme CourtdiscriminationVoting Rights Actminorities representationvote dilutionracial polarization
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La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
Revue LISA
Supreme Court
discrimination
Voting Rights Act
minorities representation
vote dilution
racial polarization
title La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
title_full La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
title_fullStr La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
title_full_unstemmed La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
title_short La fin de la diversité ? Démantèlement jurisprudentiel du Voting Rights Act aux États-Unis
title_sort la fin de la diversite demantelement jurisprudentiel du voting rights act aux etats unis
topic Supreme Court
discrimination
Voting Rights Act
minorities representation
vote dilution
racial polarization
url https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/8938
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