America’s Worst Voter Suppression Law Won’t Take Effect For This Election

In a brief order offering no explanation for the Court’s decision, the Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that North Carolina’s comprehensive voter suppression law will not take effect in the 2016 election. A federal appeals court previously struck down several key provisions of the law, explaining that the law was designed for the very purpose of making it harder for African-Americans to cast a ballot.

North Carolina hired Paul Clement, a former United States Solicitor General who frequently argues cases that are a high priority for the Republican Party and movement conservatives, to ask the Supreme Court…READ MORE