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Supreme Court to Review Landmark Voting Law

Court will hear challenge to 1965's Voting Rights Act

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 10, 2012 7:55 AM CST

(Newser) – One of the signature laws from the civil rights era may be significantly weaker at the end of this Supreme Court term. The justices decided yesterday to hear a challenge to a key component of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the law designed to ensure...   Read full story »

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