NPR:

SIMON: Based on what was reported about the oral arguments, it seems like the Voting Rights Act might be in trouble.

TOTENBERG: I’d say dead meat. I’d be wildly astonished if Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the [pre]clearance section, survives this iteration of legal arguments. And just four years ago, when the court upheld the Voting Rights Act, it held its nose and said, Congress, you better take a serious look at this law and see if the formula for who’s covered needs changing. And Congress, of course, didn’t change it. So, it was pretty hostile questioning from the conservative wing of the court. And that’s five justices I could count pretty clearly.