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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
supreme court to severely weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Damon T Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee, issued this statement: “*Black Americans have never been fully represented
voting map had a racially discriminatory 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
Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry [suspended the primaries for the U.S. House races](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5806000/louisiana-suspends-house-primaries-supreme-court) to allow the state legislature to create a new map. Early voting
Supreme Court has nullified the April referendum on redistricting. **Win McNamee/Getty Images** Win McNamee/Getty Images After more than two decades working in elections, including four years as Virginia's top voting official, it takes
impacting people of color.* *I think this is a galvanizing moment.* *Right after the supreme court decision came down, organizers with whom I spoke affirmed the importance of rallying people and getting them
Supreme Court ruling. A majority of justices appear to be [leaning toward barring states](https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/court-appears-ready-to-overturn-state-law-allowing-for-late-arriving-mail-in-ballots/) from counting late-arriving ballots, a ruling that would upend [voting laws in Alaska and more than
Rights Act](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949) and [triggered a Republican-led](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it) push to redraw districts across the South. Kemp made it clear that he will not be a part of that push this
right to be in the UK from being removed. “Caution should be exercised … when assessing whether the expulsion or extradition of an individual to a non-state party would violate a state’s obligations under
impacts her," Platner said, sitting next to his wife, Amy Gertner, in [a video](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTVq8frEbEN/) shared in January. In the video, the couple announced they would be taking a brief break from
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
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