So much for "the liberal press." 
Doesn't this seem like odd phraseology to you? They "agreed to weaken their laws." Hardly. What happened was that a court told them that their laws were unconstitutional and discriminatory at base.it's got nothing to do with weakening laws but with strengthening our democracy. Which is built on the right to vote. Which Republicans in many, many states have been infringing upon. And now the courts – the impartial justices appointed by Democrats and Republicans alike – are setting this right.