Voting Rights Act: 48-year-old landmark law dealt a blow with the stroke of a pen

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was recently modified in June 2013 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The changes affect key provisions of the act, specifically Sections 4 and 5. Section 4, which deals with a complicated formula the federal government uses to determine which states and counties are subject to continued oversight, was created in 1972 with bi-partisan support and was struck down by the Supreme Court.