Louisiana redistricting case may upturn interpretation of Voting Rights Act

The alarmingly high stakes in an easy Supreme Court voting rights case

Justices Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts listen as President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies at the US Capitol on January 20, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/AFP via Getty Images Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Louisiana’s congressional maps are an illegal racial gerrymander, should be one of the easiest cases the justices have heard in many years. That’s because less than two years ago, the Supreme Court decided another…

Louisiana redistricting case may upturn interpretation of Voting Rights Act

Alabama AG Steve Marshall led an amicus brief arguing vote dilution claims are insufficient to justify so-called “racial gerrymandering.”

Alabama voter purge lawsuit dropped by voting rights groups

Voters return to their car after voting at Optimist Park on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Huntsville, Ala. (Eric Schultz for Alabama Reflector)Voting rights groups Friday dropped a lawsuit against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over a voter purge program that targeted immigrants. Danielle Lang, a senior director of voting rights at the Campaign Legal Center, one of the groups that sued Allen, said in an interview Friday afternoon that there was…