Alvaro Bedoya
Forum
Backlash at the Booth: Latino Turnout After H.R. 4437
The Latino community has mobilized as never before in response to H.R. 4437, the punitive immigration bill sponsored by Rep. James Sensebrenner (R-WI). Newspapers declared that the marches in Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, and Chicago marked “a new day of Hispanic political involvement.” More tha…
Note
The Unforeseen Effects of Georgia v. Ashcroft on the Latino Community
115 Yale L.J. 2112 (2006)
In Georgia v. Ashcroft, the Supreme Court weakened the protections afforded to minority voters in jurisdictions covered by the section 5 preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). This Note highlights the fact that Georgia v. Ashcroft--a decision applicable to a…