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A map of a proposed redistricting plan in Louisiana.

The Two Section Twos

The protection against racial gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is constitutional. Just read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.

by Sherrilyn Ifill via Sherrilyn's Newsletter on October 15, 2025

Illustration of armed and hooded Ku Klux Klan members.

Masked Terror

ICE officers are wearing masks to conceal their identities. The Ku Klux Klan also employed masks to avoid prosecution for its acts of racial violence.

by Sherrilyn Ifill via Sherrilyn's Newsletter on June 24, 2025

Civil rights lawyers including Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley.

Trump's Attack on Lawyers and Law Firms Takes a Page Out of the Southern 1950s Playbook

American authoritarians fear the uniquely American power of litigation.

by Sherrilyn Ifill via Sherrilyn's Newsletter on March 24, 2025

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