Supreme Court guts key Voting Rights Act provision, limiting minority challenges to racially discriminatory electoral maps.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law.
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