US EditionDecision guts section of Voting Rights Act
The ruling narrows a major Voting Rights Act tool for proving racial discrimination in district maps, a setback for minority challengers.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law.
- Republicans view the decision as a victory, seeking to redraw district boundaries to target four Democratic-held U.S. House seats and boost their chances of preserving a legislative majority.
- Conservative members of the court powered the 6-3 ruling, which blocked Louisiana maps that provided a second Black-majority U.S. congressional district.
- Civil rights leaders and legal experts denounced the decision, arguing it weakens protections against racial discrimination in electoral map drawing.
- Efforts to redraw districts following this ruling could reshape the legislative balance of power, positioning Republicans to gain seats in upcoming elections.
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The Supreme Courts guts the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court this week effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act, by restricting a key provision of the landmark law against voter discrimination. Critics warn this is a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise Black representation in Congress. There is precedent for this in history, when 22 Black congressmen during the Reconstruction-era were reduced to zero representation within a single generation.
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision In Louisiana V. Callais
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais:“With this decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has again turned its back on the promise of an equal right to vote, further eroding the landmark Voting Rights Act.“As Justice Kagan wrote for the dissent, the Voting Rights Act w…
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Decision guts section of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law in a victory for Republicans.
IN THE NEWS Decision guts section of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law in a victory for Republicans.
Oregon's Secretary Of State Responds To The Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act Decision | The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon
Secretary Read Responds to Supreme Court Voting Rights Act Decision: ‘Another Loophole Politicians Will Use to Rig the System Against the American People’ SALEM, OR — Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which guts a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read issued the following statement: “The whole point of the Voting Rights Act was to make our democracy better reflect …
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