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US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power

supreme court’s decision [gutting section 2](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting Rights Act

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

Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling).** Before the supreme court’s decision, eliminating a key protection

‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act The [supreme court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act

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

Supreme Court [weakened the Voting Rights Act's](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) protections against racial discrimination, the decision

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

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

In Georgia primary, Republicans dominate spending and Democrats drive record turnout

Supreme Court decision weakening part of the Voting Rights Act, there is also increased attention

Alabama will split U.S. House primaries, after the Supreme Court's voting ruling

districts in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act.

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

supreme court ruled in Allen v Milligan in 2023 that Alabama’s congressional map illegally diluted Black voting power. That decision reaffirmed section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan in US

Supreme Court decision severely weakening the [Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how), has supercharged the Republicans’ congressional

With supreme court ruling, Republicans able to marginalize Black political power

supreme court ruling, Republicans able to marginalize Black political power The Voting Rights Act was a political peace compact written in John Lewis’s blood. The Callais v Landry decision

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress

Voting Rights Act. **J. Scott Applewhite/AP** J. Scott Applewhite/AP A historic drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be on theway after the U.S. Supreme Court's [landmark decision

Florida lawmakers pass a voting map that could help Republicans flip four House seats

Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act in a decision on a Louisiana congressional district

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supreme court’s decision gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. “This is a five

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree

Voting Rights Act resulted in Friday’s US supreme court decision that [dismantled](https://www.theguardian.com

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

Voting Rights Act, and various Republican-led states in the South have since moved to draw more seats that favor the GOP. The Supreme Court decision

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

Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5812837/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-state-local-redistricting) That landmark decision in April weakened the Voting Rights Act

‘Cotton picking’: US lawmaker condemned for racist comment about Jeffries

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

Has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act – and how?

Voting Rights Act – and how? The United States Supreme Court has [voided](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling that the electoral map of Louisiana had been drawn up unconstitutionally

A legal scholar and 'Backtalker' defends critical race theory -- a term she helped coin

Supreme Court decision that** [**struck a blow**](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810197/if-you-can-keep-it-the-supreme-court-and-the-voting-rights-act) **to the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Anger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps – US politics live

decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained