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Black lawmakers decry supreme court voting decision: ‘We’re going backwards’

effectively decimated the Voting Rights Act, said the decision sends the US “backwards”. The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v Callais

Why the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level

v. Callais*](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf), many lawyers in these lawsuits have been working on briefs about how they think the ruling's reinterpretation of the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 provisions in redistricting should

The Supreme Court avoids taking up a fight over Voting Rights Act enforcement for now

Louisiana v. Callais*. [![Members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and other marchers gather in Selma, Ala., in 2025 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march that propelled the passing of the Voting

Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live

Louisiana governor **Jeff Landry** and attorney general **Liz Murrill**, both Republicans, said in a joint statement that the state can no longer use its current districts to carry out the primaries after the supreme court

Voting Rights Act ruling is ‘red meat’ to Republicans in south, says Black lawmaker targeted by gerrymander

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

Anger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps – US politics live

effectively deprives the Black community of representation in Congress. “These maps are racist tools of white supremacy at the behest of the most powerful white supremacist in the United States of America, Donald J. Trump

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

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), was a thorny question of how much

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

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](https://www.theguardian.com