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Social commentator, author and activist Malaika Mahlatsi says the stereotype that the youth who vote for the ANC, despite the party's well-documented malfeasance, are "stupid and irrational", is dangerous and wrong.
In Why We Vote, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Owen M. Fiss stresses the importance of voting and examines Supreme Court cases that sought to enlarge the freedom that democracy generates, emphasizing that it's the Court's responsibility to uphold the democratic ideal of the Constitution.
After 50 years as a professor at Yale Law School, Owen Fiss says his students are still idealistic and passionate about the rights won in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965.