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rules were for the Voting Rights Act, the Alabama legislature's map was "tainted by intentional race-based discrimination" and thus violated the Constitutional guarantee to equal protection of the law. The Supreme Court
map in the upcoming election as it used in 2022 and 2024. The redistricting could have helped Democrats win four House seats held by Republicans. That, combined with five seats tilted toward Democrats in California
Supreme Court ruled last week that a [provision](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how) of the landmark 1973 Voting Rights Act, which prevented diluting the voting power of minorities, was unconstitutional. Under the ruling, challengers must now prove that
ruling Louisiana is preparing to delay its House primaries after the Supreme Court struck down its current map. In a statement [posted to social media](https://x.com/LAGovJeffLandry/status/2049847456095928434), Republican Gov. Jeff Landry said the court
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
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
map that carves up Cohen’s majority-Black district, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections
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
Louisiana congressional district Wednesday morning. Both developments will assist President Trump's national push to help the GOP in the midterm elections. With the Florida redistricting, the GOP likely gains an advantage
vote](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/08/nx-s1-5805193/redistricting-virginia-trump-midterms) declared the referendum, and by extension the new map, [null and void](https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1260127.pdf) because lawmakers failed to follow the proper procedures to get the issue on the ballot, violating
Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting. - 🎧 **Protesters from Tennessee's blue cities argue that the new map will silence the voices of voters** who support Democrats. These voters make up roughly
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
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) [redraw
supreme court rendered ineffective a major section of the civil rights law that prevented racial discrimination, Shane Massey, the Republican majority leader in South Carolina’s senate, argued in an extraordinary address that doing
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