[EL] Section 5 of VRA struck down: Opinion here.

[Justin Levitt]

And the opinion is here 
<http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf> (and attached).

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Subject: 	BREAKING NEWS: Section 5 of VRA struck down
Date: 	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:11:04 -0700
From: 	Justin Levitt <levittj at lls.edu>
To: 	law-election at uci.edu



    BREAKING NEWS: Section 5 of VRA struck down
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52059>

Posted onJune 25, 2013 7:10 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=52059>byJustin Levitt 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=4>

The wait is over.  SCOTUSblog reports that section 5 of the VRA has been 
struck down.  The Chief Justice wrote the opinion.

I'll have a link to the opinion itself as soon as it's released, and 
I'll be tracking commentary throughout the day.

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