Cite as: 594 U. S. ____ (2021) 1 KAGAN, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 19–1257 and 19–1258 _________________ MARK BRNOVICH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA, ET AL., PETITIONERS 19–1257 v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY, ET AL., PETITIONERS 19–1258 v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ET AL. ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT [July 1, 2021] JUSTICE KAGAN, with whom JUSTICE BREYER and JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR join, dissenting. If a single statute represents the best of America, it is the Voting Rights Act. It marries two great ideals: democracy and racial equality. And it dedicates our country to carrying them out. Section 2, the provision at issue here, guarantees that members of every racial group will have equal voting opportunities. Citizens of every race will have the same shot to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of their choice. They will all own our democracy together—no one more and no one less than any other. If a single statute reminds us of the worst of America, it is the Voting Rights Act. Because it was—and remains—so necessary. Because a century after the Civil War was fought, at the time of the Act’s passage, the promise of po-