Thursday’s decision by the Supreme Court to uphold Arizona voting restrictions dealt a big blow to the Voting Rights Act, a cornerstone of civil rights legislation passed in 1965. This is the second Supreme Court decision in the past eight years to weaken the law.

Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with Wendy Weiser, vice president of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Democracy Program, about the impact of this latest ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

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