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39 resultsfor “US Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act”

Politics

US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

Voting Rights Act decision, [is on the brink](https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/redistricting-louisiana-congressional-map-senate-committee/article_3d12f622-8fd6-4aa0-9a02-5fb5980bd84d.html) of implementing a new map that would eliminate the seat of one of the state’s two Black Democrats in Congress. Alabama [has successfully

The Guardian WorldMay 14
Politics

Democrats up in Virginia, but US voters may pay price for redistricting war

Supreme Court could beckon in another slate of redistricting in the US South. In Louisiana v Callais, the justices will determine whether the creation of two Black-majority congressional districts is in line with

Al Jazeera EnglishApr 23
Politics

‘Cotton picking’: US lawmaker condemned for racist comment about Jeffries

US Supreme Court decision in late April has weakened how that law may be enforced. The high court struck down a key provision in the Voting Rights Act, making it easier to break up predominantly

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 12
Politics

Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district

US supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) effectively gutted a major section of the [Voting Rights Act.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-explainer) The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana congressional map, and the state's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, postponed voting for U.S. House primaries so state lawmakers could enact new district lines. "Allowing elections to proceed

NPR Topics: NewsMay 14
Politics

Florida approves US House map meant to boost Republicans in midterms

Voting Rights Act. The decision could make it harder for Democrats to challenge Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in ways that limit the influence of voters of color. DeSantis’s map could increase Republicans

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Politics

US supreme court rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in landmark case

US supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting rights case. At the heart of the case, [Louisiana v Callais](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-voting-rights-act),

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Politics

Virginia Democrats ask US supreme court to revive voter-approved electoral map

ruling that warned that state courts “may not transgress the ordinary bounds of judicial review such that they arrogate to themselves the power vested in state legislatures to regulate federal elections”. In a process called

The Guardian WorldMay 11
Politics

Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast

US supreme court [effectively gutted a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) in Louisiana v Callais, a string of Republican-led states have [scrambled](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act) [to](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/georgia-brian-kemp-electoral-maps-session)

The Guardian WorldMay 13
Politics

Harmeet Dhillon: DoJ lawyer a top contender for Trump’s retribution mission

ruling. The US supreme court eventually let the map go into effect. One of the pillars of Dhillon’s work at the justice department has been the civil rights division’s efforts to get comprehensive

The Guardian WorldApr 19
Science

Trump hosts crew of historic Artemis mission: ‘I would have had no trouble making it’

supreme court’s decision from earlier today effectively [gutting a major section](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting Rights Act. Trump claimed that he was unaware of today’s rulinguntil the moment a reporter asked

The Guardian WorldApr 29
Politics

US supreme court justices not ‘political’, John Roberts says amid backlash

supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) is “simply not part of the political process”, Roberts claimed. He acknowledged, however, that some of its decisions may spark controversy. “One thing we have to do is make decisions

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump’s demands for redistricting

Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling). As Republicans scramble to redraw key districts after the US supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination, Shane Massey, the Republican majority

The Guardian WorldMay 12
Conflicts

First Thing: US-Iran ceasefire at risk after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz

supreme court invalidated a major section of the Voting Rights Act. The Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday that break up Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three parts

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

With House primary delay, Louisiana thrust into election chaos

Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that its map was unconstitutional, blowing a hole in the Voting Rights Act. That’s giving Republicans the narrowest of windows to gerrymander one or two new seats before

POLITICO PoliticsMay 1
Politics

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree

ruling to the US fifth circuit court, which many regard as the country’s [most conservative appellate court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/state-voting-rights-acts-supreme-court-ruling). Duncan, 63, whose murder conviction was vacated in 2021 after evidence emerged that police

The Guardian WorldMay 4
Politics

Indiana shows Republicans have two choices: align with Trump or get ousted

US voters has slipped since he won re-election two years ago, but there’s one place where his power remains unmatched: within the Republican party. The latest evidence of his ability to control

The Guardian WorldMay 6
Politics

Government wins legacy case at UK Supreme Court

voted to repeal the conditional immunity provision. Northern Ireland's High Court and the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA) had both previously found that [parts of the Act were incompatible with human rights

BBC NewsMay 7
Politics

Who Is Nayib Bukele? El Salvador’s ‘coolest dictator’

ruling government’s abuses from the pulpit, was shot dead in 1980 while celebrating mass, the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) announced its uprising from the mountains and jungles. The ensuing [civil

Al Jazeera EnglishMay 2
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