Supreme Court Allows States to Change Their Own Voting Laws

The Supreme Court struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, on Tuesday.

With a vote of five to four, they ended Section 4b of the act.

The decision stated that 4b was outdated and violated state's sovereignty.

Section 4b required that the federal government approve any change to voting laws, in nine states.

Those states will now be allowed to edit their own voting laws, just as the other forty-one always were able to do.

Opponents of the decision say that 4b is still necessary as those states will now try to block minorities from voting.

Supporters of the decision argue that any such violations are unlikely, and will still be watched for by the US Justice Department.