Supreme Court Invalidates Key Part of Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday gutted a core part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act and challenged Congress to come up with a replacement plan to protect blacks and other minorities in places where discrimination still  more than 15,000 pages" of evidence for the legislative record, and passed Voting Rights Act reauthorization by lopsided bipartisan majorities of 98-0 in the Senate and 390-33 in the House? No, apparently, it's a The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, held that Section 4 of The Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional. Copy of opinion and analysis.The decision in Shelby County v. Holder revolves around Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which establishes a "coverage formula" to determine which states and local governments fall under Section 5, and therefore need to get approval before

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