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fromAdvocate.com
1 week agoSamuel Alito justified a Supreme Court ruling that threatens majority-Black voting districts
The Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district unconstitutional, limiting the Voting Rights Act's application against discriminatory election maps.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoThe supreme court's voting rights decision wasn't about law it was about politics | David Daley and Eric J Segall
The Supreme Court's decision in Callais v Louisiana undermines the Voting Rights Act, enabling racial gerrymandering and reducing Black political representation.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
1 week agoSamuel Alito justified a Supreme Court ruling that threatens majority-Black voting districts
The Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district unconstitutional, limiting the Voting Rights Act's application against discriminatory election maps.
US politics
fromlailluminator.com
3 days agoLouisiana Hearing Erupts Over GOP Push to Eliminate Majority-Black Districts
Republican lawmakers held a public hearing on new Louisiana U.S. House district maps to remove majority-Black districts amid suspended primaries and questions about absentee ballot handling.
fromJezebel
3 days agoTennessee GOP Erases State's Last Democratic, Black-Majority Seat in Shameless Power Grab
Gov. Mike Lee (R) signed into law a new congressional map that will effectively erase the last Democratic, majority-Black district, in a move that some are calling "Jim Crow on steroids." The legislation, which looks a whole lot like racial gerrymandering, comes a whole week after the Supreme Court hollowed out the last of the Voting Rights Act... removing the last protections to prevent racial gerrymandering.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days agoAnger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps US politics live
Tennessee’s GOP legislature passed redistricting maps that eliminate the state’s lone Democratic, Black-majority congressional district and split Memphis into Republican-leaning districts.
fromwww.npr.org
1 week agoIran war has cost $25B, Pentagon says. And, SCOTUS strikes blow to Voting Rights Act
The Pentagon estimates the war in Iran has already cost $25 billion, according to Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst. Hurst testified before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who offered no indication of when the war might end during his combative testimony.
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US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months agoState GOP seeks Supreme Court injunction to block California's new, voter-approved congressional districts
California Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Prop. 50 congressional districts, alleging race-based redistricting violated federal law and seeking an injunction before filing deadlines.
fromSlate Magazine
5 months agoTrump's Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
A federal court struck down Texas' new gerrymander on Tuesday, in an extraordinary rebuke to Republicans who sought to hand the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives. The 160-page ruling -authored by Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, a conservative Donald Trump nominee-scorched the scheme as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, declaring that the Legislature "intentionally drew district lines" to discriminate against Black and Hispanic Texans.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months agoUS court blocks new Texas congressional map while state officials appeal
A panel of federal judges has ruled that Texas's newly redrawn congressional districts cannot be used in next year's 2026 midterm elections, striking a blow to Republican efforts to tilt races in their favour. On Tuesday, a two-to-one majority at the US District Court for western Texas blocked the map, on the basis that there was substantial evidence to show that Texas racially gerrymandered the districts.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months agoThe US supreme court appears ready to nullify the Voting Rights Act | Moira Donegan
Supreme Court appears poised to strike down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, potentially ending federal protection against racial vote dilution and racial gerrymandering.
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