section 2 voting rights act

Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act

The court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander."

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Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act in “Jim Crow 2.0” ruling

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How far did the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision go?

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Redistricting Battle Intensifies in States After Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Act

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle by providing Republican officials in several ...

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Could redistricting race come to Georgia? Republicans support new lines

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Louisiana suspends House primaries after Supreme Court redistricting ruling

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Republican governors pursue new congressional maps after US Supreme Court ruling

Democratic voters, civil rights groups and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives meanwhile filed lawsuits challenging Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry's decision to sus...

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Louisiana Rep. Troy Carter calls Supreme Court map decision a "gut punch" to democracy

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Voters sue over Louisiana governor’s move to delay primary

What is Section 2, the provision of the Voting Rights Act at the heart of Louisiana redistricting case?

It remains to be seen how the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a congressional redistricting case in Louisiana will impact the political landscape. Critics say the court’s ruling Wednesday that the creati

Alito Claims to 'Update' Voting Rights Act Law. Kagan Says He Destroyed It.

Under Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s "updated" framework, the test for proving voter dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is "nearly insuperable," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in dissent.

The Slaying of the Voting Rights Act by the Coward Samuel Alito

Or could it just be that, in responding to this dissent, the majority can do nothing but agree?” In the end, Alito is afraid to stand up and say what his opinions necessarily imply: that Congress cannot do anything to protect minority voting rights short of banning intentional discrimination despite the 14th Amendment’s equal protection guarantee,

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Why SCOTUS ruling on the Section 2 of Voting Rights Act is a game changer

Why SCOTUS ruling on the Section 2 of Voting Rights Act is a game changer.

Washington Monthly

The Plot to Destroy the Voting Rights Act

This week’s momentous Supreme Court decision, and four previous voting rights cases from the past 13 years, eviscerate the VRA.