Case Study: Chisom v. Roemer 501 U.S. 380 (1991)

CHISOM VS. ROMER 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
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Chisom vs. Romer 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
The case of Chisom vs. Romer concerns Janice Clark, who possessed all the education and capabilities of being a United States judge, but was denied the opportunity every time due to her race. Since white voters rarely voted for African-American candidates, Clark only managed to receive 3.2 percent of the total white vote during elections for a judgeship (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014).
She then filed a class action lawsuit in the US District court, in which she alleged the strength of the African-American voting bank was being compromised by rampant racist thought progression when it came to electing candidates to a judgeship. This violated the terms of the Voting Rights Act (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014).
Amended in 1982, section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohibits any action, qualification, procedure, prerequisite, or standard that compromises with one’s ability and strength to vote simply on account of colour or creed. The section 2(b) further supports the previous one, saying that a situation can be evaluated to discern the legality of such a practice, which gives minority votes less than a fair chance to participate in the political process and elect representatives of their choice (Cornell Law School, n.d.).
The situation was further enlightened by US District Judge John Parker, who mentioned that only 2 of the total 156 district court judgeships in the state of Loui…