Every man's burden: will the Voting Rights Act be necessary ... forever?(POLITICS III)(Cover story)

From: National Review | Date: April 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

'THERE has been a transformation," said Democratic congressman John Lewis of Georgia four years ago. "It's a different state, it's a different political climate, it's a different political environment. It's altogether a different world we live in." Lewis was trying to explain why a congressional redistricting plan, drawn up by Democrats in Atlanta, was permissible under the Voting Rights Act. His argument, in essence, was that the Georgia of the 21st century was not the Georgia of the 1960s. "We've come a great distance," he said. "It's not just in Georgia, but in the American ...

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