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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 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
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),
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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