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The conservative justices all but ensured that courts will uphold voter suppression laws passed after the 2020 election. https://t.co/dw5rGlRxHR
MaddowBlog: The Supreme Court's conservative majority had already weakened the Voting Rights Act. Those justices just made matters much worse. https://t.co/81OlgSfUef
In its first term since Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, expanded property rights, attacked unions, and settled on multiple wins for the religious right. https://t.co/ddNjn6jPzX
"What this case from Arizona did was effectively really weaken the one remaining section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965," @neal_katyal reacts to the Supreme Court upholding Arizona voting restrictions. https://t.co/0Pt2lEfkcv
"The pattern on voting rights traces to John Roberts' early years serving in the Reagan administration when the young GOP lawyer opposed racial remedies and argued for a constricted interpretation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act." | Analysis by @JoanBiskupic https://t.co/9era4MkgW7
US Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/it71AzB49d
It's a blow to liberal democracy, but it's not an apocalypse, writes @imillhiser. How this SCOTUS decision could empower some Republican-led states to further voting restrictions: https://t.co/UUHTaWsrjV
The latest Supreme Court decision could allow states to seriously abuse voter restrictions. For example, in Georgia, Republican officials would have the power to take over election boards and effectively close polling places and disqualify voters. https://t.co/VmHKAjImEa
President Biden said he was “deeply disappointed” in the Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling on Thursday and said it would cause “severe damage” to the government’s ability to protect ballot box access. He again urged Congress to enact new protections. https://t.co/6kclpsAzL8
The Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barely https://t.co/epufzvouuq
US Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/pFcHx3NJp6
The Voting Rights Act has been hailed widely as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. On Thursday, the Supreme Court effectively killed it. https://t.co/mPCsSDQHrt
The Supreme Court voted this week to narrow the only remaining section of 1965 Voting Rights Act — rendering the landmark civil rights law close to a dead letter. The 6-3 vote was along ideological lines, with the liberals justices dissenting. https://t.co/8XFqupNkQQ
Democrats face pressure to act on voting rights after Supreme Court ruling https://t.co/8g1mZc4GEP
When the Supreme Court upheld two election laws in Arizona, voting rights advocates quickly became concerned it would make it harder to challenge new restrictions across the U.S. as discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/b5RvSL1pP9
Opinion | Scott Lemieux: "Thursday’s decision is a betrayal of the fundamental purposes of the Voting Rights Act — which was the most important civil rights legislation passed since Reconstruction." - @NBCNewsTHINK https://t.co/tqoQCuL9MP
The Supreme Court’s ruling in a Voting Rights Act case may appear modest in scope and subdued in rhetoric, but it will have a sweeping impact—undercutting efforts to challenge state laws that limit voting access https://t.co/gmDTpYYw6w
In a 6-3 vote on Thursday, the Supreme Court decided Arizona’s election laws do not violate the Voting Rights Act. @NatalieABrand reports on how this will affect future election law cases brought in courts. https://t.co/CJyKsHRyps
NEW: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer: Supreme Court voting rights decisions "only further underscore the need for Congress to act." https://t.co/tqROxguwEL https://t.co/UcWte5ucNa
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds two voting rules in the battleground state of Arizona, finding that the restrictions at issue in the case do not violate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act https://t.co/rCrtr54oDv
Kagan rips conservative colleagues in blistering 41-page dissent, accuses them of ignoring the legislative intent of the 1965 Voting Rights Act https://t.co/LwIj6CgxcF https://t.co/m33uyN9eYp
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the restrictions in Arizona on early ballot collection by third parties and where ballots may be cast did not violate the Voting Rights Act, a landmark 1965 federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in voting https://t.co/BAsKA4Enke https://t.co/8LpyU4Ro5H
Reps. Jerry Nadler and Steve Cohen said the updated act comes in response to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold two voting restrictions in Arizona. https://t.co/LG4SPmFfkX
Biden says Congress must act on voting rights after top court ruling https://t.co/eHsPuJGjmh https://t.co/CgnSc0VYRd
Biden called today’s Supreme Court ruling that upheld voting restrictions in Arizona “harmful” — adding that it “puts the burden back on Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act to its intended strength.” https://t.co/qjkLsdPvSC
Justice Samuel Alito wrote for a 6-3 conservative majority that Arizona’s interest in election integrity justified the measures. In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court is weakening the landmark Voting Rights Act for the second time in eight years. https://t.co/NaZLqlgDOv
.@SenAlexPadilla: "Failure is not an option. We have to pass the For the People Act and protect our fundamental rights to democracy." https://t.co/tmeNJhxAlX https://t.co/T71aZOFM4r
From @WSJopinion: In its Brnovich ruling, the Supreme Court shot down efforts to politicize the Voting Rights Act and saved federal courts from becoming super election commissions https://t.co/tDBgOAYvtU
OPINION: On Thursday, the Supreme Court saved the Voting Rights Act. That’s not what you’re hearing in most of the media, but it’s true. https://t.co/b5zC7Rvbpq
The decision, delivered by a 6-3 court split on partisan lines, found that neither law violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and that they were not enacted with racially discriminatory intent. https://t.co/ISYthF7sYc
Progressive Democrats have renewed their call to expand the Supreme Court following its decision on voting laws in Arizona in a blow to the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/eeW7sqStDJ
A Supreme Court decision weakening protections for ballot access under the Voting Rights Act is likely to result in a series of heated state-by-state fights over how elections are conducted. https://t.co/VcO2divyai
The Court's decision in Brnovich is a positive step for the rule of law and a setback for lawsuits that hamstring states from running efficient elections. | by @baseballcrank https://t.co/Y5aNzXLXMD
Congress must act to restore fundamental voting rights after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday backed Arizona voting rules, President Joe Biden said. https://t.co/MlKOewe6IS