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US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms
Rights Act ruling, allowing Louisiana Republicans to redraw maps for midterms**  The court gutted section 2 of the Voting
Rights Act ruling United States President Donald Trump has said Tennessee will redraw its electoral map following a US Supreme Court ruling that gutted a key provision of the landmark [US Voting
US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act – and how? The United States Supreme Court has [voided](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling
US Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court
US 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
supreme court ruling, Republicans able to marginalize Black political power The Voting Rights Act was a political peace compact written in John Lewis’s blood. The Callais v Landry decision by the [US
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
ruling on a US supreme court case – Louisiana v Callais – which may invalidate parts of the Voting Rights Act
US south are organizing their next steps** after a supreme court [ruling on the Voting Rights Act
supreme court effectively decimated the Voting Rights Act, said the decision sends the US “backwards”. The 6-3 ruling
US supreme court’s conservative majority struck down a major element of the Voting Rights Act which protects against racial discrimination in redistricting**, in a ruling
US Supreme Court [ruled](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) that a Congressional map in Louisiana, previously redrawn to include two Black majority districts, was unconstitutional. The ruling by the conservative-dominated panel represented a major blow
Supreme Court could beckon in another slate of redistricting in the US South. In Louisiana v Callais, the justices will determine whether the creation of two Black-majority congressional districts is in line with
Voting Rights Act. The decision could make it harder for Democrats to challenge Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts in ways that limit the influence of voters of color. DeSantis’s map could increase Republicans
US supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting rights case. At the heart of the case, [Louisiana v Callais](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/24/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-voting-rights-act),
ruling. The US supreme court eventually let the map go into effect. One of the pillars of Dhillon’s work at the justice department has been the civil rights division’s efforts to get comprehensive
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
Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that its map was unconstitutional, blowing a hole in the Voting Rights Act. That’s giving Republicans the narrowest of windows to gerrymander one or two new seats before
ruling to the US fifth circuit court, which many regard as the country’s [most conservative appellate court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/state-voting-rights-acts-supreme-court-ruling). Duncan, 63, whose murder conviction was vacated in 2021 after evidence emerged that police