Biden calls Georgia law 'Jim Crow in the 21st Century' and says Justice Department is 'taking a look

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6. Likely only with new federal law

SCOTUS seems poised (perhaps as early as next week) to strike down interpretations of the 1965 voting rights act that focus on discriminatory impacts of state elections laws. Almost everything objectionable in the new GA law can only be challenged by that standard. The DOJ will be effectively toothless without either a new law clarifying the standard OR laws like HR1 creating a new federal standard (though that too will face challenges in the courts).