Supreme Court overturns key provision of Voting Rights Act

Tuesday, June 25, 2013029 The Supreme Court June 25 overturned the part of the Voting Rights Act used to determine that 15 states have had to comply with the law's protections for minority voters. The 5-4 decision said: "Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional; its formula can no longer be used as a basis for subjecting jurisdictions to...