The Supreme Court is now considering a case to nullify the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was renewed for the third time in 2006, with its purpose being to promote federal oversight of voting rights in states, particularly in the South, that have historically denied African Americans their 15th Amendment right to vote.
The case contends that there is no longer a need to police the states as there is no obvious discrimination at the present time. There are hints that the majority of the Court might later this month reverse the congressional action, and that is being clearly opposed by senators including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who has declared that this would be considered conservative judicial activism.
The hope is that the Court will NOT take such action, but the feeling is that this might just happen, which would be a step backward on human rights in America.