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The Fifteenth Amendment and DNC v. Hobbs
Document Type
Blog Posting
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
Election Law Blog
Abstract
In my posts this week, I’ve made the case for treating the Fifteenth Amendment as an independent constitutional provision and why the colorblind approach developed in equal protection jurisprudence is an ill-fit in voting rights cases.
For my final post, I’ll address the en banc Ninth Circuit’s serendipitously timed decision in DNC v. Hobbs, holding that Arizona violated the Fifteenth Amendment. In case you who haven’t read the 432-page opinion, here’s the basic facts as they relate to the Fifteenth Amendment holding. For brevity’s sake, I’m skipping over another invalidated Arizona law concerning out-of-precinct ballots and the court’s analysis of Section 2 of the VRA.
Keywords
Fifteenth Amendment, Constitutional Law, DNC v. Hobbs, Voting Rights Act
Publication Citation
Travis Crum, The Fifteenth Amendment and DNC v. Hobbs, Election Law Blog (March 11, 2021), https://electionlawblog.org/?p=109188
Repository Citation
Crum, Travis, "The Fifteenth Amendment and DNC v. Hobbs" (2021). Scholarship@WashULaw. 713.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/713