Voting-Rights Surprise at High Court May Foreshadow Health Care

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When U.S. Supreme Court justices picked apart the government’s arguments in defense of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, they buoyed the hopes of the law’s opponents that it would be ruled unconstitutional.

A 2009 challenge to the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act offers a cautionary note.