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Cite as:  594 U. S. ____ (2021) 

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KAGAN, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 19–1257 and 19–1258 
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MARK BRNOVICH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 
ARIZONA, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. 

19–1257 

ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY, ET AL., 
PETITIONERS 
v. 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. 

19–1258 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT 

[July 1, 2021] 

  JUSTICE  KAGAN,  with  whom  JUSTICE  BREYER  and 
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR join, dissenting. 
  If a single statute represents the best of America, it is the 
Voting Rights Act.  It marries two great ideals: democracy 
and racial equality.  And it dedicates our country to carry-
ing them out.  Section 2, the provision at issue here, guar-
antees that members of every racial group will have equal 
voting  opportunities.  Citizens  of  every race will  have  the 
same shot to participate in the political process and to elect 
representatives  of  their  choice.   They  will  all  own  our  de-
mocracy  together—no  one  more  and  no  one  less  than  any 
other. 
  If a single statute reminds us of the worst of America, it 
is the Voting Rights Act.  Because it was—and remains—so 
necessary.    Because  a  century  after  the  Civil  War  was 
fought, at the time of the Act’s passage, the promise of po-