EDITOR'S NOTE

Like most anyone with a heart and a pulse, Bardi has been thinking about the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the future of their democracy. As Andrew Hulett notes on Justice Ginsburgs legacy herein, they've lost a champion of humanist values and liberal jurisprudence: "One of the most powerful women in US history, she changed fundamental laws before she ever put on the robe and then remained a powerhouse of dissent against tyranny, bigotry, and sexism." Ginsburg dissented in 2013's Shelby County, Ala. v. Holdery which found Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 unconstitutional. Section 5 is the preclearance requirement that prohibits jurisdictions that had previously engaged in racial discrimination in voting from making any future changes to voting laws or practices without first getting permission from the federal government.