DESCRIPTION
Session 5: March 9, one Pacific, with Professor Emily Rong Zhang on Current Developments in Voting Rights and Election Law
- Reading Material:
(1) Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
(The Syllabus is sufficient background for the program. For those seeking to delve into the Court’s reasoning, pages 13-19 of the majority opinion (Section III (A), (B), & (C)(1)) announce the new legal standard for Section 2 time, places, and manner voting claims, and pages 12-29 of the dissent (Section II (A) & (B)) articulate the dissent’s main points of disagreement with the majority.)
(2) When are majority-Black voting districts required? - SCOTUSblog