"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights expert told Newsweek.

The court has supported his administration on issues like immigration, federal employee dismissals and military policies.

The majority did not explain its decision in the brief, unsigned order. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order. Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the majority handed Trump the power to repeal laws passed by Congress “by firing all those necessary to carry them out.”

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"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.