"The court's decision in the case, Louisiana v. Callais, could be one of the most consequential rulings for the Voting Rights Act since it was enacted in 1965 and is almost certainly the biggest test for the law since its decision in Shelby county v. Holder in 2013, when the justices hollowed out a provision of the law, section five, that required certain places to get voting changes approved by the federal government before they go into effect."
"The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of the most powerful remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act: section two. The measure outlaws election practices that are racially discriminatory and has been the tool that minority voters and voting rights advocates have frequently turned to challenge redistricting plansfrom congressional districts to county commissions and school boardsthat group voters in such a way to dilute the political influence of a minority group."
"If Section 2 falls, and I think it will, the only thing left of the VRA, a law for which people literally spilled blood and gave their lives, will be stationery. The gerrymander-scheming will be audible on Mars, and minority voters once again will get hosed. All the walls will go back up again. This time, however, their strongest sledge, the VRA, will no longer be of any use."
The Supreme Court will hear consolidated cases Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais that challenge Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling could be the most consequential for the statute since 1965 and the largest test since Shelby County v. Holder in 2013, which hollowed out Section 5. Section 2 outlaws racially discriminatory election practices and has enabled challenges to redistricting and other plans that dilute minority political influence. If Section 2 is struck down, federal tools to prevent vote dilution would collapse and minority voters would face increased disenfranchisement.
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