The Supreme Court and the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Experts from the University of Pennsylvania can discuss topics related to the U.S. Supreme Court and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Rogers Smith

Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Social Sciences.
School of Arts & Sciences.
University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Smith researches constitutional law, American political thought and modern and legal political theory, with special interests in questions of citizenship, race, ethnicity and gender. He’s the author of Still a House Divided: Race & Politics in Obama’s America, Living in a Promiseland? Mexican Immigration and American Obligations and Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History. 



Jill DiSanto | 215.898.2956 | jdisanto@upenn.edu


Theodore Ruger

Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law.
Law School.
University of Pennsylvania.

Theodore Ruger, a constitutional law expert, brings fresh insight to the study of some of the oldest questions of American law – namely the theoretical justifications for, and empirical contours of, the application of judicial authority.



Rebecca Anderson | 215-898-9216 | randers@law.upenn.edu