Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act after 61 years

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Six decades ago, the Voting Rights Act became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court knocked out a major pillar of the law that had protected against racial discrimination in voting and representation. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home