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The Voting Rights Act gets another day in court.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

During arguments over the Voting Rights Act today, the U.S. Supreme Court was sharply divided.

Justice Antonin Scalia called Section 5 a racial entitlement. Supporters called it as relevant now

as it was when enacted in 1965 after voting rights marchers were attacked by sheriff's deputies

in Selma, Alabama.

Today it was lawyers for Shelby County, Alabama, who told the court the act is not just out of date but unconstitutional.

It's a case where the history as old as the nation itself.

We'll hear about the arguments, how they were received, and the prospects for a decision in June.

On a reporter's notebook later on, how Americans have been hooked on salt, sugar, and fat.

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Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. As predicted, conservatives of the U.S. Supreme Court today took sharp aim at Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Is it out of date or still necessary in the era of voter ID and targeted reapportionment? We'll hear the arguments and what justices had to say. On reporter's notebook, with all the publicity over a growing weight problem, why do Americans

still eat so much?

We'll hear about the bliss point and other devices of the food industry.

First, this news update, President Obama has spent the week warning Americans about the consequences of sequester.

Now, he's invited the top leaders of both parties

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