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Posted: 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Court hears arguments on Voting Rights Act

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By Daniel Malloy

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WASHINGTON —

The United States Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the stains of slavery and segregation still warrant aggressive federal intervention in the voting procedures of a few targeted areas.

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