Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act NYT | Top Stories Abbie VanSickle 16 October 2025 at 04:52 In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts. © Yoichi Okamoto/Lyndon B. Johnson LibraryPresident Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders watching, in 1965.