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

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

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

voting is highly racially polarized. **Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican**, told CNN he doesn’t think it’s a “very good idea” for the state to postpone its May primaries after the supreme court

Trump says U.S. will 'guide' stranded ships through the Strait. And, key Senate races to watch

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

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

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 said. In the ruling, Alito wrote

Voters are caught in the middle as the redistricting battle intensifies

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

Georgia won’t redraw congressional map ahead of midterms, Kemp says

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

‘Where can we find hope?’: your questions about the US supreme court’s voting rights decision answered

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

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump’s demands for redistricting

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