Politics

Supreme Court Likely to Strike Down the Voting Rights Act’s Section 5

Court Decision

Adam Winkler on why the Supreme Court, led by Roberts, is likely to strike down a provision of the act.

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Will the Supreme Court strike down what President Lyndon Johnson called “one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom”? That is the question before the justices on Wednesday, when they will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a key provision of the Voting

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