最高法院就审人权案件(2/3)

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概述：美国最高法院于周二取消了《投票权法案》的部分内容。
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/787748/On Tuesday, the Supreme Court did cancel a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Congress passed the law to ensure that African Americans in southern states could vote. The court decision ends federal supervision of election laws in states with a history of voter suppression.
The law was aimed at nine states and some cities and counties in seven other states. These states were required to seek approval from the Justice Department to make changes to their election laws. Congress has repeatedly extended the law, most recently in 2006.
A divided court ruled by a vote of five to four. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that widespread violation of the rights of black voters no longer exists. The majority ruled that the method used to decide which areas require federal supervision violates the rights of states. It said Congress must decide on a better method.周二，最高法院取消了《1965投票权法案》的部分内容。国会通过了法律来保证南部各州非裔美国人的选举权。最高法院决定终止对具有长久选举压迫历史的各州选举法所进行的联邦监督。
该法律针对九个州以及其他七个州的一些县市。这些州被要求向司法部请求批准修改他们的选举法。国会已经多次扩展了该法律，最近的一次是在2006年。
最高法院意见不一，最终裁决以5：4结束。首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨写到，大多数人的意见是，对黑人选举权的普遍侵犯将不再存在。多数人意见裁决，用于决定哪些地方需要联邦监督的方法违反了各州的权利，并表示国会必须确定一个更好的决策办法。