How Callais Broke the Voting Rights Act and Weaponized the Equal Protection Clause: Part 1
Justice Samuel Alito said plaintiffs must control for party and show maps meet state political goals, making Section 2 vote-dilution claims harder to prove.
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Why conservatives are trying to kill the Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act is widely considered one of the most effective laws in prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. One of its key provisions has long allowed states to take race into account when drawing voting maps to ensure that nonwhite voters have electoral power. But earlier this year, the Supreme Court narrowed that provision. In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan described the court’s decision as the “now-completed demolition of the …
How Callais broke the Voting Rights Act and weaponized the equal protection clause: part 1
Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog.Much of the reporting on Louisiana v. Callais suggests the court stopped short of finding Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (which prohibits racial discrimination in voting) unconstitutional. The opinion’s author, Justice Samuel Alito, took great pains to suggest as much. The court, he wrote, was not “aban…
Supreme Court Delivers Final Blow to Anachronistic Voting Rights Act – American Free Press
By José Niño The Supreme Court invalidated a majority black congressional district in Louisiana in early May, rendering Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) largely unenforceable. This brings to fruition a conservative legal effort that predates the law itself. Click the Link Below to Listen to the Audio of this Article https://americanfreepress.net/afpaudio/21_22_26_audio/04_21_22_26_Voting_Nino.mp3 By a 6 to 3 margin, the conservative just…
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