07-02-2021, 01:22 PM
Alito, writing for the majority:
“The mere fact that there is some disparity in impact does not necessarily mean that a system is not equally open or that it does not give everyone an equal opportunity to vote.”
I’ve read this a number of times, and I still can’t understand it. A law that disproportionately disenfranchises a group of voters (under the pretense of “solving” a non-existent problem) doesn’t affect their voting rights?
:S
PS - for just one example, isn’t Alito’s statement equally true of a poll tax?
“The mere fact that there is some disparity in impact does not necessarily mean that a system is not equally open or that it does not give everyone an equal opportunity to vote.”
I’ve read this a number of times, and I still can’t understand it. A law that disproportionately disenfranchises a group of voters (under the pretense of “solving” a non-existent problem) doesn’t affect their voting rights?
:S
PS - for just one example, isn’t Alito’s statement equally true of a poll tax?