Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. called Tuesday's gutting of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court "a serious and unnecessary setback," but he said the department will press on in the enforcement of voting rights laws.
Holder and President Barack Obama called on Congress to plug any holes in the voting rights law in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which voided the formula that's used to determine which jurisdictions require greater scrutiny before making any voting-related changes to local law.
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