A now-irrelevant provision of the Voting Rights Act may soon be no more.

The pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act was essential in 1965.Now it is no longer necessary, and the racial and partisan ends for which it is used are not inour interest.

American law contains important messages about our basic values, and race-driven legislative maps (demanded by the Voting Rights Act, the court has long said) send the wrong message.

On March 1, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving the Texas congressional redistricting plan.

Racially gerrymandered districts result in a segregated--and uncompetitive--political map with no incentives to build biracial coalitions.

American voters have turned a racial corner, and the law should reflect this change.

In 2011, does black political inclusion really still depend on protecting black candidates from white competition in race-based districts?

American voters have turned a racial corner, and the law should reflect this change.