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How a 2013 Supreme Court ruling cleared a path for restrictive voting laws

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Congress will begin hearing arguments on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act this week. The act brings back portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 the Supreme Court struck down in 2013 that impacted millions of non-white voters. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson reports.

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