MSPEP – Supreme Court will consider challenge to Section 5 of Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court will consider challenge to Section 5 of Voting Rights Act

In an order Friday, the justices agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to the part of the landmark Voting Rights Act that requires all or parts of 16 states with a history of discrimination in voting to get federal approval before making any changes in the way they hold elections.

The high court considered the same issue three years ago but sidestepped what Chief Justice John Roberts then called “a difficult constitutional question.”

MS PEP
11/12/12