Voting Rights Act Ruling Forces Justice Department Reassignments

The Supreme Court decision striking down a key section of the Voting Rights Act is forcing changes for dozens of Justice Department lawyers and support staff members. (Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post). WASHINGTON -- In striking down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act last week, members of the Supreme Court didn’t just neuter a major component of landmark civil rights law. The justices also eliminated the workload of several dozen federal employees. Until the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder on June 25, a few dozen of the 100 or so employees of the Voting Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division had been assigned to review the 14,000 to 20,000 voting...