Update at 10:30 a.m. ET. Today's Major Ruling; Key Part Of 1965 Voting Rights Act Is Ruled Unconstitutional:
"By a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that establishes a formula to identify states that may require extra scrutiny by Justice Department,"
Eyder writes
The decision in Shelby County v. Holder
is posted here
Update at 10:12 a.m. ET. Key Section Of Voting Rights Act Ruled Unconstitutional:
The Supreme Court's first major decision of the day has been released: By a 5-4 vote the justices have ruled that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. We'll have more on the ruling as the morning continues. And follow SCOTUSblog's updates in the box below.
Our original post:
Will it be voting rights? Same-sex marriage? Both? Neither?
The justices of the Supreme Court are due to take their seats again at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday to release what could be their last decisions before taking off for the summer.
Monday,
as we reported
Now, although we said this could be the justices' last "decision day" for this term, it's also very possible they'll be back in a day or so to issue some additional rulings on cases that still haven't closed.
What are the big cases yet to be decided?
— Shelby County v. Holder, in which the issue is
whether times have changed
—
Hollingsworth v. Perry
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