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The Supreme Court's conservative majority may curtail Section 2, a key Voting Rights Act provision protecting majority-Black districts amid challenges to racial gerrymandering.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, with conservative justices showing skepticism toward Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- The Louisiana legislature's 2022 maps, which included one Black-majority district, led to court-ordered changes and a 2024 map with two Black-majority districts after a successful challenge.
- Appellate courts found the state had packed and cracked Black voters, rejecting seven non-dilutive maps that would let a declining white electorate control over 83 percent of districts.
- A decision narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act would remove the requirement to consider race in maps, allowing Republicans to eliminate a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South, while Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall warned it could affect lawsuits earlier this year.
- The justices sent the case back for reargument and sought extra briefs after delaying a ruling, setting up a pivotal decision on majority-minority districts, observers note.
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Why We Must Fight For Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act
Source: Anadolu / Getty I’m struggling to find the words to capture the sheer panic I feel right now, but it’s a panic born of truth: the very foundation of our representative democracy is under threat. What’s unfolding before the U.S. Supreme Court over Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 isn’t a procedural argument; it’s an existential crisis that could permanently reshape the political landscape and silence the voices of millions of Am…
Killing the Voting Rights Act Is John Roberts’s Life’s Work
In early 1981, there was probably no more exciting place for young, ambitious Republican lawyers than the U.S. Department of Justice, which the journalist Ari Berman has described as “the nerve center of the Reagan revolution, the most intellectually vibrant and ideologically conservative agency of the federal government.” Among the well-credentialed conservative attorneys flocking to Washington was 26-year-old John Roberts, who took a job as a …
The Right to Vote Is on Trial at the Supreme Court
Once again, America must confront a fundamental question: Will we protect the right to vote for every American, or allow the Voting Rights Act to be weakened beyond recognition? This week, the Supreme Court revisited that question in Louisiana v. Callais; a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act and make it harder for millions of Americans to be fairly represented. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Every election cycle, we see how fragile acce…
How the Roberts Court Could Neuter the Voting Rights Act
The fate of the Voting Rights Act, at issue in Louisiana v. Callais, might depend on a devastating decision from six years ago. In 2019, in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court refused to entertain partisan gerrymandering claims, declaring that “a jurisdiction may engage in constitutional political gerrymandering.” That statement could now insulate maps that harm minority voters—a move that would hollow out Section 2 of the landmark 1965 l…
Supreme Court points to gutting Voting Rights Act
What happenedThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority Wednesday appeared inclined to neuter the last remaining major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The justices heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge from a group of white voters to the state’s court-mandated creation of a second majority-Black congressional district. If the high court strikes down Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law, states would no longer be…
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