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response after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that severely diminished that landmark law. Striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, the justices concluded in a 6-3 ruling that considering race when drawing
response to the supreme court’s Wednesday ruling that [severely weakened the landmark 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 against racial discrimination in drawing voting
ruling and Republican gerrymandering — and a 45 percent plurality instead say that Democrats must *counter* GOP efforts, “even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts.” Taken together, the poll results reveal that
ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus)
rule](https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/985359064/it-has-to-stop-biden-takes-initial-action-on-guns-calls-on-congress-to-do-more) went into effect in 2023, requiring owners of these braces to destroy them or register their braced guns with the ATF. This, too, was previously blocked by the courts. "There
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
responsible for overseeing all of the department’s civil litigation, [according to CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-shake-up-more-leadership-roles-justice-department/) and [Bloomberg Law](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-plans-to-promote-dhillon-as-dojs-no-3-removing-woodward). She might even [be the next attorney general](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/09/trump-attorney-general-blanche-dhillion-pirro-00864988).