A Crucial Voting Rights Decision

<p>How does the 1965 Voting Rights Act work? That is the question in front of the Supreme Court as it rules on a pair of Arizona laws from 2016 — the most important voting rights case in a decade.</p><p>What arguments have been made in the case? And what implications will the decision have?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/adam-liptak?smid=pc-thedaily">Adam Liptak</a>, a reporter covering the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The Supreme Court has signaled that it<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/supreme-court-arizona-voting.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> could tighten the standards for using the Voting Rights Act</a> to challenge all kinds of voting restrictions.</li><li>The sprawling voting rights legislation known as H.R. 1, could result in lawsuits<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/voting-rights-bill-legal.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> leading to a dozen Supreme Court cases</a>, according to legal experts.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>