Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has ‘completed demolition’ of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court’s liberal justices called their colleagues’ decision clawing back race-based redistricting on Wednesday a “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act.  In a 48-page dissent, Justice Elena Kagan held up the landmark 1965 law as helpful to the nation’s progress on racial discrimination.  “At this last stage, the Court’s gutting of Section 2…