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

redistricting are no longer constitutional. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5810937/how-the-supreme-court-gutted-black-voting-power) ### [Code Switch](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch) ### [How the Supreme Court gutted Black voting power](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5810937/how-the-supreme-court-gutted-black-voting-power) [![President Lyndon

A redistricting re-do? What to know about Alabama’s primary elections

effectively decide November’s election. But this cycle carries an added twist. A recent [US Supreme Court decision](/news/2026/4/27/us-supreme-court-reinstates-republican-favoured-texas-electoral-map) in April weakened how race might be considered in cases of congressional redistricting

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's protections against racial discrimination in redistricting

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

supreme court [ruled](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act.** **In a 6-3 decision

Clyburn's district stays intact as South Carolina Republicans scrap redistricting

redistricting at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge on May 8. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fields' district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, in a major decision that weakens the landmark Voting Rights

Supreme Court is death knell for Virginia's Democratic-friendly congressional maps

effect the map approved by the voters, which yields four more likely Democratic congressional seats. In their [emergency application](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25A1240/408563/20260511151941216_25A%20Application%20for%20Stay.pdf), they argued the Virginia Supreme Court was "deeply mistaken" in its decision

Supreme Court's Alabama redistricting decision could encourage more chaos, experts warn

decision could encourage more chaos, experts warn  The U.S. Supreme Court **Kent Nishimura/Getty Images** Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The Supreme Court was in the news Wednesday after delivering

Trump hosts crew of historic Artemis mission: ‘I would have had no trouble making it’

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. Trump claimed that he was unaware of today’s rulinguntil the moment a reporter asked

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

redistricting, rather than gerrymandering. ## How has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act? Section 2 of the act was amended by Congress in 1982 to prohibit electoral maps that would result in undermining

Anger mounts after Tennessee Republicans redraw maps – US politics live

effectively deprives the Black community of representation in Congress. “These maps are racist tools of white supremacy at the behest of the most powerful white supremacist in the United States of America, Donald J. Trump

Iran war has cost $25B, Pentagon says. And, SCOTUS strikes blow to Voting Rights Act

Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Louisiana's 2024 election map** was an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander." The map established a second majority-Black congressional district. The [justices' 6-3 decision](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) fell along partisan

‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights

supreme court decision came down. Republicans in Tennessee eliminated the state’s one Black congressional district and Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia are all moving in turn. Mississippi, whose population is nearly 40% Black

Florida approves US House map meant to boost Republicans in midterms

redistricting for explicitly partisan purposes. DeSantis and his aides believe those provisions will not be a legal barrier because they have been weakened previously by the [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) supreme court and again

Trump’s allies in danger of scraping false hope from Maga victory in Kentucky primary

supreme court [gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling), giving Republicans the power to redraw congressional district maps to weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters. It also

Tennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority district

effectively gutted a major section of the [Voting Rights Act.](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-explainer) The move cracks Tennessee’s ninth congressional district, which covers Memphis, into three pieces, each of which contains almost exactly a third

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

decision on a Louisiana congressional district Wednesday morning. Both developments will assist President Trump's national push to help the GOP in the midterm elections. With the Florida redistricting, the GOP likely gains an advantage

Republicans poised to vote on new House map that would erase Democratic seat in Tennessee – US politics live

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

‘The GOP should’ve done more’: Virginia Republicans point fingers after gerrymandering loss

effectively erased the advantage Republicans built off new maps in Texas, North Carolina, Ohio and Missouri. It’s a stark reversal nearly nine months after Trump [first urged Republicans](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/trump-five-seat-pickup-redraw-texas-congressional-map-00454301) in the Lone

U.S. intercepts Iranian attacks on 3 ships. And, what to know about hantavirus

effect. But Trump continues to [threaten Iran with more bombing](https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5815876:x) if it doesn't agree to a U.S. proposal to end the conflict. Iran says it's reviewing the proposal and will

Republican redistricting effort is ‘evil incarnate’, Stacey Abrams tells new Guardian podcast

supreme court [effectively gutted a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) in Louisiana v Callais, a string of Republican-led states have [scrambled](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act) [to](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/georgia-brian-kemp-electoral-maps-session) [redraw