Supreme Court of the United States
Voting rights: Supreme Court to dig into claims of racial gerrymandering in Alabama
The high court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case about whether the Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires states to consider race as they divvy communities up into congressional districts.
John Fritze
USA TODAY
- A decision could affect how redistricting is conducted in states across the country.
- The case of one of two so far this term dealing with election law.
WASHINGTON – Just over a year ago the Supreme Court walloped a key provision of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, making it tougher to establish that a change to an election law – say, cutting back on early voting – discriminated against minority voters.
Now, voting rights advocates fear, the court is winding up for another swing.
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