Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

Future of Voting Rights Act hangs in the balance as Louisiana's congressional map returns to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate across the country.

The Supreme Court Might Net Republicans 19 Congressional Seats in One Fell Swoop

On Wednesday, the justices will take the extraordinary step of rehearing Louisiana v. Callais.

Supreme Court Weighs Ending Raced-Based Voting Districts as Election Looms

The US Supreme Court is poised to consider further cutting a landmark 1965 civil rights law with a case that could boost Republican election hopes and call into question as many as 19 congressional districts with primarily Black or Hispanic populations.

Ominous sign flagged in Supreme Court case: 'Rarely do justices order new arguments'

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear new arguments in a voting rights case after they were unable to reach an agreement on the issue in its previous session.The court's conservative majority surprisingly preserved the 1965 Voting Rights Act and race-based remedies two years ago, wrote CNN's Joan Biskupi...

'Burn it all down': Critics fear 'head-spinning reversal' of key Supreme Court decision

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear new arguments Wednesday over Louisiana’s congressional maps. State Republican leaders now want to get rid of a majority-Black district they created, and the Supreme Court’s ruling could have national implications.Attorney General Liz Murrill questions key tenets of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark federal law that has been amended multiple times over the decades to prohibit racial discrimination in elect…

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation - The Boston Globe

Lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the Supreme Court to wipe away the state’s second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder to take into account race in redistricting.