Supreme Court Rules On Voting Rights Act

By Brian Ellison,

Published June 25, 2013 at 6:45 PM CDT

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Section 4 is the part of the bill requiring certain states, mostly in the south, to get federal approval for changes to voting regulations. Professor Allan Rostron provides an initial reaction and potential implication to this ruling.

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