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The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act

Strict Scrutiny

CHAPTER

The Voting Rights Act: A History of Discrimination

In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down a part of the Voting Rights Act. The decision was written by Chief Justice John Roberts who had been trying to weaken the law. "Once you can weaken something as monumental as the Voting Rights act, anything is on the table," says author Julian Zelizer.

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