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supreme court effectively decimated the Voting Rights Act, said the decision sends the US “backwards”. The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v Callais on Wednesday weakens a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, opening
voting is highly racially polarized. **Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican**, told CNN he doesn’t think it’s a “very good idea” for the state to postpone its May primaries after the supreme court
impact under this legal standard, known as the “results test”. The Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday, however, has in effect applied an “intent test” to Section 2, experts said. In the ruling, Alito wrote