Voting Rights, Democracy, and the Constitution After January 6, 2021

Authors

Paul Finkelman

Keywords

Suffrage, Democracy, United States Voting Rights Act of 1965

Abstract

The article looks into the history of voter suppression in the U.S. to understand the need for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and examines the current state of voting rights and democratic system of government in various U.S. states after the January 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol Building.

Repository Citation

Paul Finkelman, Voting Rights, Democracy, and the Constitution After January 6, 2021, 82 La. L. Rev. (2022)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol82/iss2/8