Like past repudiated rulings, this betrayal of Black voters can’t be the last word.
By
Cristian Farias,
a legal writer focused on courts, the law, and politics
Justice Thurgood Marshall did not dissent from the bench in Mobile v. Bolden, the fractured 1980 decision that interpreted the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to make it all but impossible for Black people to elect candidates of their choice. His written dissenting opinion, short of calling on Congress to correct the Supreme Court’s error, suggested something far more immediate and visceral.
