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Law's Atiba Ellis shares concerns of the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Voting Rights Act

Media | May 06, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act
NPR: Atiba Ellis, the Morris G. Shanker Professor of Law and and associate dean for enrichment and engagement at the School of Law, said a recent Supreme Court ruling weakens the Voting Rights Act by requiring proof of explicit discriminatory intent—essentially a “smoking gun.” Because lawmakers rarely state such intent openly, he warned, the decision makes discrimination far harder to prove and enforce.