Bill Britt on how Alabama's redistricting fight shows civil rights can be weakened without being repealed
Bill Britt's "This Matters" piece argues that civil rights are being hollowed out in American democracy when courts preserve the language of equality but restrict the legal remedies available to enforce it. Using Alabama's congressional map fight as a case study, the article warns that rights without enforceable remedies become meaningless promises.
Key quotes
A right without a remedy is not really a right.
It is a promise on paper, but not a protection in practice.
When courts narrow the tools that enforce equality, the words may remain standing while the protection disappears.
From the article
Civil rights weaken when courts preserve the promise of equality while making the remedies harder and harder to enforce.
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