Supreme Court decision narrows the scope of Voting Rights Act

Tue, 06/23/2009 - 13:17
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Yesterday the Supreme Court side-stepped a challenge to the Voting Rights Act, which protects voters in historically racist districts.  The court upheld the act in an 8 to 1 decision, but the opinion by Chief Justice Roberts raised questions about the validity of the 15th Amendment, nearly 50 years after its adoption. FSRN’s Matt Pearson reports.

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