The central part of the electoral law dating back to the historic civil rights, the struggles of the 1960s can be deleted or restricted in the coming months as the critical case made its way through the courts.
The fate of an important part of the 1965 voting rights ACT is now to be decided by the federal court of appeals in Washington, as the three judge panel weighing appeal of Shelby County, Alabama asked the Court to find that Congress exceeded the power when it Renewed section 5 of the law in 2006.
Under section 5, nine countries, mainly in the South but also including Alaska and Arizona, and dozens of counties and cities in other countries, have to get permission, or
Just last month, the Justice Department is using the power of section 5 to block South Carolina
Why is section 5 of the VRA