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decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained
Supreme Court decision [that weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5806270/in-louisiana-case-the-supreme-court-weakens-a-central-part-of-the-voting-rights-act),
Voting Rights Act has been largely dismembered since 2013 by the increasingly conservative Supreme Court. The major exception was a decision
Supreme Court’s decision to weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has [set off a scramble
supreme court rolled back a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The decision could
supreme court’s decision in [Louisiana v Callais](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) last week, which severely weakened section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
supreme court judges are not “political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision [undermining the Voting Right Act
supreme court’s Louisiana v Callais decision last month, which essentially gutted the Voting Rights Act
supreme court’s landmark [Callais v Landry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) decision, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court ruled that Fields' district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the landmark Voting Rights Act
supreme court’s decision from earlier today effectively [gutting a major section](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) of the Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s electoral map was unconstitutionally drawn to create two Black-majority districts. The decision announced on Thursday represented a major reinterpretation of the landmark US [Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court [struck another blow to the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting), which could lead to a reduction of Black-majority, Democratic districts. Loading... Shortly after the court's decision
supreme court’s recent decision in [Louisiana](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/louisiana) v Callais, a case that centered on the state’s congressional maps, severely weakened the Voting Rights Act
supreme court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act that opened up even more winnable seats for the Republican party. In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope
Voting 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
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Voting Rights Act, arguing that the map diluted the influence of Black voters in the state by packing them into one district and spreading them out over the remaining ones. The Black voters
Act. It then moved to the state Capitol, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “How Long, Not Long” speech that same year. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling involving Louisiana hollowed
Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply