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Supreme Court's ruling has effectively made the Voting Rights Act "a meaningless law with no teeth." "Because of that decision, there is no longer a path open to us
US Supreme Court [ruled](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) that a Congressional map in Louisiana, previously redrawn to include two Black majority districts, was unconstitutional. The ruling by the conservative-dominated panel represented a major blow
Supreme Court ruling that weakened Voting Rights Act protections for minority districts. The ruling has opened the way for Republicans to redraw districts with large black populations that have elected Democrats. In South Carolina, that
ruling is ‘red meat’ to Republicans in south, says Black lawmaker targeted by gerrymander The supreme court decision that effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act (VRA) “was red meat to the Republican legislators
supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional districts that left Black voters at a political disadvantage. Republicans in Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina
US supreme court’s voting rights decision answered**  The Guardian reporters Fabiola Cineas and Adria Walker held a Reddit Q&A about Louisiana v Callais supreme court
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
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
US supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) ruled in a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, another major blow to Black voters and a win for Republicans. The court’s emergency ruling is the most consequential decision
US supreme court’s voting rights decision answered In April, the supreme court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais struck a massive blow to the Voting Rights Act, eliminating a key provision that gave minority
Supreme Court ruled that Fields' district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the landmark Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3002x3002+749+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F45%2F46%2Ff8d8d55e452e8fbb15c2973583ce%2F20260508-af-122-hr-final.JPG)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5816007/louisiana-redistricting-6th-district-fields) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [A majority-Black district in Louisiana
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
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
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
supreme court’s ruling last month [winnowing](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) the Voting Rights Act and allowing states to eliminate majority Black congressional districts, Alabama’s Republican leaders quickly moved to implement a [new congressional
supreme court ruled earlier this year that trans women were not legally defined as women. Fiona McAnena, the director of Sex Matters, said the CLC had in effect voted to defy the law and discriminate
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
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),
Supreme Court’s recent ruling gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. That would advance a key priority under Trump: the president has pushed Republicans across the country to reconfigure their state congressional
supreme court [gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling), giving Republicans the power to redraw congressional district maps to weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters. It also