1870 amendment prohibiting denial of voting rights on the basis of race
I recently spoke with a group in western North Carolina about election policy. One of them asked what policies I am pursuing for the upcoming short session of the General…
Shawn Fleetwood of the Federalist explores an important case at the nation’s highest court. Is the use of race in the redistricting process unconstitutional? That’s a key question the U.S.…
The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina State Constitution Removing the literacy test may be difficult Those favoring literacy test repeal must act strategically to ensure its…
The literacy test should be removed from the North Carolina Constitution. A requirement that only citizens may vote should be added to the North Carolina Constitution. The General Assembly should…
Alex Griswold of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a disturbing statement from U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D., Hawaii) attacked a judicial nominee Wednesday, charging that…
Blake Neff of the Daily Caller takes note of an academic’s efforts to hide uncomfortable elements of the U.S. Constitution’s history. A political scientist and former professor has penned an…
Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation explains for National Review Online readers why he’s watching with interest for new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s response to a current voting…
Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute explains in a Bloomberg column why the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday in a Voting Rights Act case yielded the correct outcome. In striking…
Jonah Goldberg‘s latest column documents some of the liberal punditry’s most bizarre references to alleged racism on the right. Toward the end of the presidential campaign, various liberal pundits —…
Conservatives tend to support an originalist approach to constitutional debates, but George Will makes an exception in his Newsweek response to the Supreme Court?s recent 8-1 ruling in a voting…
The Greensboro Pulpit Forum fires off a letter (PDF) to the Justice Department asking that the recall election of City Council member Dianne Bellamy-Small be disallowed: We believe that an…