“Judging from the questions posed by justices in the oral arguments, the court may very well decide that the law is no longer a fair or reasonable way to uphold the rights of minority voters. The Voting Rights Act’s differential treatment of some states was not meant to be forever — only until minority voters had secured their full rights once and for all.

Like the rest of the nation, the South is far from immune to racial conflict and prejudice. But it has changed beyond recognition, and it’s about time for the law to change as well.”

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