The Devastating SCOTUS Ruling Against Voting Rights

On Thursday, July 1, the Supreme Court gave states new latitude to
impose restrictions on voting, using a ruling in a case from
Arizona to signal that challenges to laws being passed by the
Republican legislatures that make it harder for minority groups to
vote would face a hostile reception from a majority of the
justices. This was a six to three vote, with the court’s three
liberal members in dissent. The decision was among the most
consequential in decades on voting rights. And it was the first
time the court had considered how a crucial part of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 applies to restrictions that have a particular
impact on people of color.