GOP’s Voting Curbs Show Long Reach of 2013 Supreme Court Ruling
- Gutting of 1965 law yielding ‘blatant suppression,’ ACLU says
- Texas latest to impose restrictions affecting minority voters
Voters wait in line outside an early-voting polling location in Houston for the 2020 presidential election.
Photographer: Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg
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Republicans across the U.S. can thank the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts as they enact the country’s most significant voting restrictions in generations.
The court’s watershed 2013 Shelby County ruling created a glide path for many of election changes GOP-controlled legislatures are pushing this year. The Roberts-written decision wiped out the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s requirement that jurisdictions with a deep history of discrimination get federal preclearance before changing their voting rules.