Supreme Court will hear major voting rights case

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a major voting rights case, setting up a clash over states’ handling of absentee ballots.

Why it matters: The court has already invalidated a key section of the Voting Rights Act, even before President Trump solidified and expanded its conservative majority, and is now poised to limit voting-rights enforcement again.

The justices will not hear this case until after the 2020 election, but its stakes for future elections are significant.
The case concerns voting rules in Arizona. The state does not count...