Meet the man trying to end affirmative action

Getting even one case before the United States Supreme Court is challenging. You need sound arguments, good plaintiffs, significant resources – and at least four justices willing to hear the case.

Getting eight cases before the high court is another level of potency, especially for someone who, like Edward Blum, isn’t a trained lawyer.

Raised in a “very liberal” home in Houston, the Republican candidate-turned-stockbroker-turned-conservative policy activist has spent the past two decades quietly reshaping American civil rights law. Shelby County v. Holder, the 2013 decision voiding a key section of the Voting Rights Act? That was him…

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