Abbott v. Perez, Race, and the Immodesty of the Roberts Court
July 31, 2018
The Roberts Court’s election law jurisprudence is a puzzle to scholars of the Court. The conservative Justices purport to approach their task modestly, invoking analogies to baseball umpires and the duty to call balls and strikes. But their work product is inconsistent with this purported aspiration. The Roberts Court seems to have particular views about…