Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act and Same-Sex Marriage

| June 27, 2013 

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Republican leaders in Alabama are hailing this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning a portion of the Voting Rights Act. Democrats say it guts the historic civil rights legislation. AL.com and The Birmingham News’ John Archibald says that’s the wrong reaction. He also talks about the court turning back the Defense of Marriage Act

 

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