The Supreme Court's ruling in Alabama has been criticized for dismantling key protections against racial discrimination in voting, invoking a 'colorblind Constitution' that critics argue echoes the Jim Crow era.

In Alabama, the Supreme Court just dismantled key protections against racial discrimination in voting, and they did it under the guise of a “colorblind Constitution.” The Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that in doing so, the court is resurrecting a form of judicial blindness that “gave us Jim Crow and so much worse.”