US EditionWarnock: Voting Rights ruling is ‘Jim Crow in new clothes’
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, invalidating a majority-Black congressional district as an illegal racial gerrymander and narrowing the Voting Rights Act's protection of minority voters.
- The dispute originated in 2022 when voters challenged a new Louisiana congressional map, arguing it violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial discrimination; the 2024 map had created a second majority-Black district.
- Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito argued the Voting Rights Act requires evidence of intentional discrimination, concluding that "no compelling interest justified the State's use of race in creating" the additional district.
- President Donald Trump wrote that the ruling is a "BIG WIN for Equal Protection," while Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats condemned it as a blow to civil rights and the Voting Rights Act.
- The ruling limits the Voting Rights Act's future role in redistricting, establishing that liability arises only when evidence supports a "strong inference that the State intentionally drew its districts" to disfavor Black voters.
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He’s 'a coward': Legal expert demolishes Alito in damning take-down
Professor of Law Richard Hasen, an elections law expert, is denouncing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito as a “coward” who is either lying to himself or the American public, after authoring what has been called the “earthquake” decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which sharply erodes the Voting Rights Act.Alito’s “disastrous” majority opinion in Callais “essentially gutted what remains of the Voting Rights Act,” but he “claims to have done no suc…
Racial Districts Are OUT!
Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty Racial Districts Are OUT! The Supreme Court’s recent decision on racial gerrymandering has sent shockwaves through the nation, with far-reaching implications for the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Tony Katz dives into the details of the case and its potential impact on the electoral landscape. Tony is joined by William Jacobson, a Cornell Law professor and expert on the Voting Rights Act, who br…
Warnock: Voting Rights ruling is ‘Jim Crow in new clothes’
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling that Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional, which limited the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as “Jim Crow in new clothes.” The court’s justices determined the district’s addition to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a 6-3 decision…
What The SCOTUS Ruling Means For Black Voting Rights And How We Move Forward
✕ By now, you’ve seen the news of the Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Coming nearly 20 years after Republicans last supported reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, the 6-3 ruling undermines key protections for fair representation and fair maps. Written by Justice Samuel Alito, noted for his vivid imagination and distortions of Constitutionally protected rights, the majority’s opinion twists decades of precedent and …
Editorial: Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act doesn’t have to be end of the story
The decision by the United States Supreme Court today in Louisiana v. Callais to fundamentally alter the understanding of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is surely one of those landmark decisions — like Dred Scott, like Plessy, like Brown —…
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