Voting Rights Act in Podcasts
eventA landmark legislation enacted in 1965 aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting.
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You know, I think the voting rights act thing is one of the most depressing and demoralizing developments in American politics.
The Supreme Court ruling weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
This morning, the Supreme Court delivering a major blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act.
In a ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court threw out Louisiana's congressional map and hollowed out the Voting Rights Act even further.
The Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination that the court has reinterpreted in this case have also applied to the redrawing of districts for state legislatures, city councils, school boards and other local government in places where white majority voters and minority voters of color tend to prefer different candidates.
James Ramoser covers the Supreme Court for the Journal, and he says the decision dramatically narrows the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 law that prohibits racially discriminatory election rules.
Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act in a Louisiana redistricting case.
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