'Justices' Will Hear Challenge to Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court agreed to examine whether a central component of civil rights legislation enacted to protect minority voters is still needed in a nation that has elected an African American president. The court will decide the constitutionality of a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that seeks to protect minority voting rights by requiring a broad set of states and jurisdictions where discrimination was once routine to receive federal approval before altering any of their voting procedures.
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Posted by Editor at January 10, 2009 01:12 AM