voting laws. the court ruled that the country has made major racial progress since the law went into effect 48 years ago in 1965. and that has to be reconsidered. here now to explain and analyze the decision hillary shelton the senior vice president for advocacy for the naacp. now let s break this down. some people think the entire voting rights act was thrown out. it was not. that s that s correct. laura: it was just this one section of it which is section 4 which required certain states and certain districts in other states to get clearance from the federal government before it made any changes to any part of real voting. if you change voting precincts and requirements you have to get it pre-cleared. the court said it s not 48 years ago. we made great progress. it s discriminating against those states today given all the progress that s been made. why is this a big set back. it s a big set back because the voting rights act has proved to be very helpful tool in preventing
voting laws. the court ruled that the country has made major racial progress since the law went into effect 48 years ago in 1965. and that has to be reconsidered. here now to explain and analyze the decision hillary shelton the senior vice president for advocacy for the naacp. now let s break this down. some people think the entire voting rights act was thrown out. it was not. that s that s correct. laura: it was just this one section of it which is section 4 which required certain states and certain districts in other states to get clearance from the federal government before it made any changes to any part of real voting. if you change voting precincts and requirements you have to get it pre-cleared. the court said it s not 48 years ago. we made great progress. it s discriminating against those states today given all the progress that s been made. why is this a big set back. it s a big set back because the voting rights act has proved to be very helpful tool in preventing
voting laws. the court ruled that the country has made major racial progress since the law went into effect 48 years ago in 1965. and that has to be reconsidered. here now to explain and analyze the decision hillary shelton the senior vice president for advocacy for the naacp. now let s break this down. some people think the entire voting rights act was thrown out. it was not. that s that s correct. laura: it was just this one section of it which is section 4 which required certain states and certain districts in other states to get clearance from the federal government before it made any changes to any part of real voting. if you change voting precincts and requirements you have to get it pre-cleared. the court said it s not 48 years ago. we made great progress. it s discriminating against those states today given all the progress that s been made. why is this a big set back. it s a big set back because the voting rights act has proved to be very helpful tool in preventing