Decision guts section of Voting Rights Act
The ruling narrows a major Voting Rights Act tool for proving racial discrimination in district maps, a setback for minority challengers.
- The Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law.
- Conservative members of the court powered the 8-6 ruling, delivering a victory for Republicans who seek to redraw district boundaries to target four seats and preserve their legislative majority.
- Bishop Chris Martin said, "What we witnessed was the Supreme Court of the United States gutting section two of the 1965 Voting Rights Act." Local leaders raised concerns about minority voter protections.
- Civil rights leaders and legal experts denounced the decision, arguing it weakens protections against racial discrimination in map drawing. Seventh Ward Flint City Council President Candice Mushatt emphasized the stakes for minority voters.
- Efforts to redraw districts following this ruling could reshape the balance of power in the legislature, positioning Republicans to gain seats previously protected as minority-majority districts.
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act could upend American politics and trigger a new rush to redraw congressional districts.
The Supreme Courts guts the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court this week effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act, by restricting a key provision of the landmark law against voter discrimination. Critics warn this is a deliberate attempt to disenfranchise Black representation in Congress. There is precedent for this in history, when 22 Black congressmen during the Reconstruction-era were reduced to zero representation within a single generation.
Durbin Statement On Supreme Court Decision In Louisiana V. Callais
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais:“With this decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority has again turned its back on the promise of an equal right to vote, further eroding the landmark Voting Rights Act.“As Justice Kagan wrote for the dissent, the Voting Rights Act w…
Montana Standard
Decision guts section of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law in a victory for Republicans.
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