U.S. Supreme Court,
Government,
Civil Rights,
California Courts of Appeal
Apr. 29, 2022
Voting rights – The California and U.S. Supreme courts are on a collision course
Vote dilution under state law is the issue before the California Supreme Court, specifically what a plaintiff must prove “to establish vote dilution” under the California Voting Rights Act, as the California Supreme Court framed the issue when it granted review.
The U.S. Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court are on a potential collision course on voting rights.
California’s highest court will soon address vote dilution under the California Voting Rights Act (“CVRA”) and, on a similar timeline, the U.S. Supreme Court will analyze vote dilution under the Federal Voting Rights Act (“VRA”). The two cases are linked because when the California Legislature wrote the CVRA in 2001, it mandated th...
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