Abbott v. Perez, while not a case establishing a great deal of precedence nor reversing major legislation, stands out as an example of the effects of the Shelby County v. Holder decision. While much of the case revolved around racial gerrymandering of districts in Texas, part of the complaint hinged on the requirements of Texas to get preclearance to any voting changes per Section 5 of the VRA. While Abbott v. Perez was working through the courts, Shelby County v. Holder was decided resulting in the tossing out of any court findings related to preclearance. The case continued on with a claim of the violation of Section 2 of the VRA but was ultimately decided in Texas' favor with the Supreme Court establishing a metric whereby plaintiffs would have to demonstrate clear racist intent by a legislature rather than the previous standard of disproportionate impact.

Brnovich v. DNC is another Supreme Court case that weakened the Voting Rights Act, affirming the precedent established in Abbott v. Perez regarding the test that a law in violation of Section 2 of the VRA must have been demonstrated to have been enacted due to racist intent and that disproportionate impact alone is not proof of this.

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