Toobin : 2006 Voting Rights Act secured voting rights for blacks in the South . Alabama county takes it to Justice Department , saying act is unconstitutional . Toobin : Is it still necessary ? Does discrimination still exist in the South ? Jeffrey Toobin : When reauthorizing the law , Congress compiled a record of thousands of pages documenting the legacy of discrimination that lingers in the covered jurisdictions . Ruling will be close , with Chief Justice Roberts likely to oppose Alabama county argument .
Toobin : 2006 Voting Rights Act secured voting rights for blacks in the South . Alabama county takes it to Justice Department , saying act is unconstitutional . Toobin : Is it still necessary ? Does discrimination still exist in the South ? Jeffrey Toobin : Ruling will be close , with Chief Justice Roberts likely to oppose Alabama county argument .