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Court’s Decision Makes Suppression of Certain Voters Likely
[Editor’s Note: U.S. Rep. Waters (D- Los Angeles), in her 11th term in the House of Representatives.] I am deeply troubled by Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision striking critical protections within the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck Section 4, a provision that outlines the formula federal officials have used to determine which states must clear new voting laws with the Dept. of Justice. This decision ignores...
