- b.c.,
It's one of Antonin Scalia's legacies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.html?_r=0
Somehow the conservatives at the Supreme Court made a case for themselves that because minority voter turnout was high with the act in place, that the act was no longer necessary.
Affected states have gone apeshit in their attempts to disenfranchise voters ever since and are constantly getting hauled into Federal court.
Yes, which is why it's NO coincidence Trump said his Supreme Court pick would be modeled after Scalia. HIS constituency got the message LOUD AND CLEAR.
Btw, so did WE.