The Supreme Court ruled on a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act but sidestepped the issue of whether Section 5 of the act is unconstitutional. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act freezes election practices or procedures in certain states until the new procedures have been subjected to review, either after an administrative review by the United States Attorney General, or after a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District in Austin, Texas can now apply to opt out of the advanced approval requirement. The case was initiated because the District wanted to be able to opt out of the entire provision or have the entire provision declared unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts openly admitted the court did not want to decide on the issue of constitutionality.

As an anti discrimination law the Voting Rights Act is a sensitive issue to most thus any revisions are guaranteed to be controversial and has the potential to affect millions of black voters.

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