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U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Voting Rights Act (Update1)
By Greg Stohr


March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court limited the Voting Rights Act, ruling that provisions aimed at maintaining black and Hispanic influence at the polling place don’t apply in districts that are less than half minority.

The justices, voting 5-4, struck down a North Carolina redistricting plan that sought to preserve minority voting power in a state legislative district that is 39 percent black. The high court said the Voting Rights Act’s “anti-dilution” provisions apply only when minority groups can elect their preferred candidate without help from white voters.

Writing for three justices in the court’s controlling opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy applied what he called “an objective, numerical test: Do minorities make up more than 50 percent of the voting-age population in the relative geographic market?”

The ruling may make it harder for minority candidates to win election in some voting districts. The court under Chief Justice John Roberts has repeatedly shown skepticism about governmental considerations of race.

The court in April is scheduled to hear arguments in a potentially more far-reaching Voting Rights Act case, one challenging the requirement that the Justice Department give advance approval before district lines or other voting rules can be changed in many parts of the country. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDTXA8o2CxIc&refer=home

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humans and not cooperations ever different?