Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-tuesday-s-voting-rights-decision-really-means Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story The Supreme Court Tuesday struck down Section 4 of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, effectively ruling that the heart of the historical civil rights legislation was now unconstitutional, and that Congress would need to draft a new formula for deciding which states and localities warranted federal monitoring. PBS NewsHour regular contributor Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal explains.