US EditionSupreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments again in a major challenge over Louisiana's congressional map that could curb a key Voting Rights Act provision as the nine justices weigh constitutional questions.
- After the 2020 census, Louisiana's Republican-dominated legislature drew a new map in 2022, prompting Black voters to sue for two majority-Black districts, which lower courts ordered.
- Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh pressed civil rights lawyer Janai Nelson and Roberts labeled the district a `snake` stretching more than 200 miles.
- If the court sides with Louisiana, it could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and let Southern state legislatures redraw maps eliminating majority Black and Latino seats.
- More broadly, the court's conservative majority has recently narrowed race-based protections, including ending affirmative action and limiting preclearance protections, after the Alabama decision in 2023 sent two more Black Democrats to Congress.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based districts under Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral…
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based districts under Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral…
Supreme Court Signals Democrats’ Days Of Drawing Up Congressional Districts By Race Might Be Over
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled on Wednesday that the days of creating congressional districts based on race may be numbered. Justice Brett Kavanaugh — whose vote, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, could prove decisive in Louisiana v. Callais — questioned during oral arguments whether the time for using race-based remedies has expired. “The issue, […]
Supreme Court Signals Democrats' Days Of Drawing Up Congressional Districts By Race Might Be Over
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled on Wednesday that the days of creating congressional districts based on race may be numbered. Justice Brett Kavanaugh — whose vote, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, could prove decisive in Louisiana v. Callais — questioned during oral arguments whether the time for using race-based remedies has expired. “The issue, […]
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