Shelby Co. v. Holder
- Justice Scalia
- I think [the VRA is] very likely attributable, to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. . . . Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes. . . .
- Justice Sotomayor
- Do you think that the right to vote is a racial entitlement in Section 5?
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/12-96.pdf