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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

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

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

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

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

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

‘It would be catastrophic’: A Supreme Court decision could upend Alaska’s crucial Senate race

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

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

UK joins European deal to send rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs

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

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