The United States Supreme Court has upheld Arizona’s voting rights restrictions. The decisions was clearly along ideological lines with the conservatives who have the majority all opting to keep those restrictions in place and all three liberals dissenting. This article by Adam Liptak is published by The New York Times. Here is an excerpt:

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave states new latitude to impose restrictions on voting, using a ruling in a case from Arizona to signal that challenges to laws being passed by Republican legislatures that make it harder for minority groups to vote would face a hostile reception from a majority of the justices.

The vote was 6 to 3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent.

The decision was among the most consequential in decades on voting rights, and it was the first time the court had considered how a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 applies to restrictions that have a particular impact on people of color.

Read the full article here.