Texas voting rights act

• WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act - a cherished safeguard for minority voters since 1965 - has been under siege for two years and this week faces one of its toughest tests on an apparent path to the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Huffington Post)
• a test of the Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965, which was designed to protect minorities rights to vote. The Justice Department set up this weeks court fight when it blocked implementation of the law in March.
(Houston Chronicle)
• court will weigh in on the Obama administration's effort to use the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to block a state from requiring photo ID to vote.
(Businessweek)
• The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central planks.
(Huffington Post)
• The trial is scheduled to run five days. At issue are both the validity of this particular law and, potentially, the ongoing viability of Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
(Dallas Morning News (blog))
• Catalist might prefer that Texas election laws favor Democratic Party candidates.
(Big Hollywood)
• In State of Texas: "The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central planks.
(Examiner)