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- 1Mother Jones argues the Roberts court is reviving Jim Crow-era policies●Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
Mother Jones has published a commentary arguing that racial segregation-era discriminatory practices, long considered consigned to history, are being revived by the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The piece frames recent rulings by the conservative-majority court as dismantling civil rights protections built after the Jim Crow era. It is drawing attention among readers debating the court's direction on voting rights and race.