The Supreme Court Overturned the Voting Rights Act, but What Does This Actually Mean for Voters—And for America?

Conservatives on U.S. Supreme Court take an ax to voting rights

Genesis Robinson, executive director of Equal Ground, takes the podium at the voting rights day of action in Tallahassee on March, 26, 2025. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix)“Et tu, Brute?” – William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” Those who believe in free and fair elections and the rule of law in Florida and elsewhere across the United States are reeling after five conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 29 …

The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever - Bucks County Beacon

To preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its years-long campaign to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not coincidentally, they dramatically tilted the electoral playing field in Republicans’ favor. The case came in the context of drawing congressional districts. The Court “interpreted” the Voting Rights Act to let legislators openly target mino…

The Supreme Court Overturned the Voting Rights Act, but What Does This Actually Mean for Voters—And for America?

More than 60 years after the Voting Rights Act became the law of the land, the United States Supreme Court dismantled one of its remaining sections. The 6–3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais came on April 29 and gutted the landmark Civil Rights–era rule that prevented discrimination against minorities at the polls and increased minority representation in Congress and other offices across the country.The case centered on Louisiana’s congressional …

The Voting Rights Act is Gone. Our Nation’s Health Will Suffer the Consequences.

By Avenel JosephOn the day he sent Congress the Voting Rights Act in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson put it plainly in a national address: “It is wrong — deadly wrong — to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country.”The Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Callais v Louisiana eviscerating the Voting Rights Act commits that cardinal sin. It dilutes Black voting power so thoroughly that several congressional and potentially hun…

Republicans lying through their teeth about voter fraud

“If voting made a difference, they would make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman Actually, Goldman might not have written that. The quote is also sometimes attributed to Mark Twain, who definitely didn’t say it. Nonetheless, today’s Republican Party subscribes to the underlying message: If voters might actually make a difference, it’s best to make voting illegal. If abolishing an election isn’t feasible, do what is necessary to prevent the wrong people…