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Republicans maneuvering to get Voting Rights Act killed Making it national and permanent would set the act up for being ruled unconstitutional
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Beware the stranger bearing gifts. Or as the law teaches, caveat
emptor, buyer beware. Look before you leap. All these warnings apply
to the emerging Republican positioning on the Voting Rights Act.
Forty years ago, after the bloody march in Selma, Ala., Congress
passed the Voting Rights Act, which requires that states with a
history of discrimination get pre-approval from the Justice
Department for any changes in their voting procedures.
This was a great victory for the movement...
