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Rethinking a Supreme Court principle used to undermine the Voting Rights Act

Erwin Chemerinsky
ByErwin Chemerinsky
May 19, 2026
The statue, Authority of Law, by American sculptor James Earle Fraser outside the Supreme Court of the United States. The High Court building was built during the Great Depression and completed in 1935. Architect Cass Gilbert's design is based on a Greco-Roman temple.