US Supreme Court Must Answer Key Questions After Its Callais Redistricting Decision

In Callais Ruling , Supreme Court Uses Stunningly Cold Language Toward Minorities

Often Some Sympathy is Expressed. Not This Time. In the recent case in which the Supreme Court further gutted the Voting Rights Act – Louisiana v. Callais –  there was an unusual coldness in their conclusion. There was no attempt to even cover the harm with something like, “The law compels us to rule this way but we wish we could find better results for minority voters”. In rulings where judges are constrained by the law but wish there could be …

US Supreme Court must answer key questions after its Callais redistricting decision

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Some folks believe the recent U.S. Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana v. Callais gives elected officials the authority to discriminate against Black people – to draw political districts with the express purpose of preventing them from being in the majority. In Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves and state Auditor Shad White and other Republicans seem to b…

US Supreme Court must answer key question after Callais decision

Some folks believe the recent U.S. Supreme Court redistricting decision in Louisiana v. Callais gives elected officials the authority to discriminate against Black people – to draw political districts with the express purpose of preventing them from being in the…