#ELB: “’Civil Right No. 1:’ Dr. King’s Unfinished Voting Rights Revolution” http://electionlawblog.org/?p=97069 I've just posted this new paper, for an upcoming conference MLK50 at University of Memphis
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The paper looks at all the progress that have been made in African-American voting rights since 1965, and then asks the question: why did Dr. King's vision of what the vote would bring for African-American voters remain partially unfulfilled? I give three answers
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The three main reasons I flag for why Dr. King's voting rights vision remains partially unfulfilled: --persistence of private white racism --chary interpretation of voting rights by Supreme Court --felon disenfranchisement cycle Full analysis in paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3107752 …
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Today's news about the Florida felon disenfranchisement restoration ballot measure qualifying for the ballot shows where the next struggle needs to be fought
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