‘Tragic’: Justice Elena Kagan’s scorching dissent on US voter suppression

The supreme court's conservative wing considerably weakened section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and Kagan didn't hold back

There may have been no supreme court decision this year more important this year than the one in Brnovich v Democratic National Committee.

In a 6-3 ruling that broke down along ideological lines, the court's conservative justices upheld two Arizona voting restrictions and considerably weakened section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law.