Chisom v. Roemer/Dissent Kennedy

Justice KENNEDY, dissenting.

I join Justice SCALIA's dissent in full. I write to add only that the issue before the Court is one of statutory construction, not constitutional validity. Nothing in today's decision addresses the question whether § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as interpreted in Thornburg v. Gingles, 478 U.S. 30, 106 S.Ct. 2752, 92 L.Ed.2d 25 (1986), is consistent with the requirements of the United States Constitution.