This morning's decision by the Supreme Court in Bartlett v. Strickland significantly narrows the reach of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and does so in a way that suggests a possible way out of the constitutional challenge in the upcoming constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The bargain appears to be this: the Court will construe the Act in ever stingier ways in the name of saving the Act from being struck down as unconstitutional. While Justice Ginsburg in her short dissent urges Congress to amend Section 2 to allow for the kinds of...