Supreme Court decision rules Arizona’s laws constitutional While the Voting Rights Act should be interpreted broadly, the latest decision has a patina of fairness, says legal historian Mary Frances Berry. “What you should be doing with voting is trying to make it as easy as possible for people to vote with the fewest restrictions,” says Mary Frances Berry.
In a 6-3 decision penned by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona’s election laws do not violate the Voting Rights Act. In her dissent in
the Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee decision, Justice Elena Kagan called the ruling “tragic,” saying that “too many states and localities are restricting access to voting in ways that will predictably deprive members of minority groups of equal access to the ballot box.”
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Dissecting chaos: An interdisciplinary look at the attack on the U.S. Capitol Faculty from five schools at the University took part in a virtual panel discussion to unpack the policies, messages, and conditions that led to the events of Jan. 6. Rioters on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Image: Tyler Merbler)
As Americans continue to process the deadly riot at the United States Capitol, many are left wondering how it happened, and what can be done to prevent it from happening again?
Faculty from five schools at the University took part in a virtual panel discussion to unpack the policies, messages, and conditions that led to the events of Jan. 6, and to explore how the country moves forward. The discussion was moderated by Dean Erika James of the Wharton School, and was followed by a Q&A session facilitated by Law School Dean Ted Ruger.
The state of U.S. democracy On the eve of a presidential inauguration following a historic election and its aftermath, experts from across the University weigh in on where we stand as a country. While a new administration transitions into office, the past four years have left the country asking, “How strong is our democratic foundation?”
The run-up to the 2020 presidential election in the United States was like none other, with vitriolic and divisive discourse and a sitting president making false claims about the integrity of the vote, culminating in a deadly confrontation at the Capitol building. Yet, lawmakers still carried out their role in certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr. as 46th President and Kamala Harris as 49th Vice President and the first female to hold the role.