Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
President Lyndon B. Johnson holds the signed document of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as he chats with Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., in the President’s Room in Washington, Aug. 6, 1965. File | Photo Credit: AP President Lyndon B. Johnson knew the legislation he was about to sign was momentous, one that took courage…