Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights Act
By an 8-1 ruling in Northwest Austin Munic. Util. Dist. v. Holder, the Supreme Court today declined to address the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, keeping the law alive for a future challenge, reports Tony Mauro at The National Law Journal. For those who haven't followed the case, Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act requires a number of states and local governments, mostly in the South, to seek federal permission before changing their voting procedures, explains The New York Times. Although the majority decision, written by Chief Justice Roberts, identified the statute's many constitutional infirmities, the Court chose the path of "constitutional avoidance." The Court sidestepped the constitutional question because of the existence of an alternative resolution, in this case, the Texas utility district's ability to try and convince a three judge panel that it was exempt from Section 5.
The ruling came as a surprise to many Court watchers given Justice Roberts' hostility to the Voting Rights Act during questioning at oral argument. As Dahlia Lithwick commented at Slate... [MORE]
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