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

Supreme Court's ruling has effectively made the Voting Rights Act "a meaningless law with no teeth." "Because of that decision, there is no longer a path open to us to protect the voting rights

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

redistricting in California to gain more seats there.* *But Democrats were also dealt a blow in Virginia when the state’s supreme court [rejected](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/virginia-supreme-court-rules-against-congressional-maps?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct) a voter-approved congressional map that would have

‘They may draw racist maps, but we are the south’: thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights

supreme court decision, Republican-led states rushed to redraw their voting maps in ways that weaken Black political power. Tennessee and Florida have already passed new maps, while Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia seem poised

Supreme Court calls Louisiana's House map an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander'

affect November's midterms. Primaries are well underway in most states. Once considered the jewel in the crown of the civil rights movement, the Voting Rights Act has been largely dismembered since

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

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. According to the ruling, plaintiffs must now show that districts were designed overtly to disenfranchise minority voters

Alabama will split U.S. House primaries, after the Supreme Court's voting ruling

redistricting case that [weakened the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting). Following that Louisiana decision, Alabama's Republican leaders sought to revert to the 2023 map proposal that would leave one largely Black, Democratic-held

How the SCOTUS voting rights ruling could affect Congress, according to Eric Holder

affect Congress, according to Eric Holder ![Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who serves as the chairman of the the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, says the NDRC's numbers show that 12 to 19 seats

In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

redistricting case. A crowd of thousands gathered in front of the city’s historic Alabama Capitol, the place where the Confederacy was formed in 1861 and where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke

National mood is against Republicans, but redistricting could help prop them up

affected by the president's approval rating.) ## ***Key groups that approv*ed of the job Trump was doing a year ago no longer do** Trump's unpopularity is evident with voter groups that were