"Justice Alito emphatically argued that the 'disparate impact' test for VRA violations itself violates the 15th Amendment's ban on discrimination in voting and also interferes with the right of state legislatures to conduct partisan gerrymandering without judicial interference."
"Kagan rightly calls the decision 'the latest chapter in the majority's now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act.' It began in 2013 with a ruling that significantly weakened the Act's enforcement mechanisms."
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by reversing the establishment of a second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana. Justice Alito's opinion, supported by the conservative justices, argues that the 'disparate impact' test for VRA violations violates the 15th Amendment and hinders state legislatures' rights. Justice Kagan's dissent highlights the decision as a continuation of the majority's efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act, reminiscent of the pre-1982 legal framework that previously stifled VRA suits.
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