The constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act is before the Supreme Court of the United States in Shelby v Holder. Arguments for the case are February 27 and a decision is expected in June.
The ACLU represents a group of individual and organizational interveners in the Department of Justice’s case to uphold the VRA’s constitutionality.
The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law that is meant to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color.