Minnesota Law Review
Symposia
"The Battle Will Not Be Over": 60 Years of the Voting Rights Act
Together, the panels at the Minnesota Law Review’s Vol.110 Symposium highlighted a pivotal moment in the trajectory of voting rights in the United States. As the Supreme Court undermines key...
State VRAs and the State of the VRA
For decades, changes in the interpretation and application of federal election law have limited the reach of hard-won protections for voters of color enshrined in the Voting Rights Act of...
The Unmaking of Section Two
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act now stands at a paradoxical crossroads. Though it remains the statute’s central protection against racial vote dilution after Shelby County v. Holder...
One Decade, One Map: State Constitutional Limits on Re-Redistricting
In 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court closed the federal courthouse doors to claims of partisan gerrymandering, effectively permitting states to engage in what it called “constitutional political gerrymandering.” A few...
Is Multiracial Democracy Constitutional? Some Reflections from the Eye of the Storm
By summer 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court will have finally decided Louisiana v. Callais, which asks whether the state’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district as a...