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In red states across the country, GOP lawmakers and officials took a range of steps to move forward with their gerrymanders. Together, the moves suggest that, even leaving the Supreme Court aside, Republicans have abandoned any remaining political or moral qualms about drawing maps that maximize their advantage — with potentially dire consequences for the future of fair elections.
If the court strikes down or significantly weakens Section 2, as looks likely, it would decimate the remainder of one of the most important civil rights laws in U.S. history, and give states carte blanche to draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could decide the fate of the Voting Rights Act’s most powerful remaining provision, Section 2.
Among some voting rights advocates, the approaching oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, where the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a conservative challenge to the most important plank of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), feels like watching a condemned prisoner shuffling into his final pardon board hearing while the guards power up the electric chair next door.
A new report from pro-voting groups Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter paints a stark picture of what could happen if the court sides with plaintiffs seeking to weaken the core provision.
For decades, the Department of Justice (DOJ) relied on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) to foil and forestall attempts to racially gerrymander.
On Wednesday, the DOJ filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to devastate and vitiate much of what’s left of the landmark civil rights legislation.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in a redistricting case, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should significantly weaken the power of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to block racial gerrymanders.
Louisiana and Black voters delivered opposing briefs to the Supreme Court, setting the stage for arguments that could determine the future of the Voting Rights Act.
The Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act.
SCOTUS is set to hear oral argument on October 15.
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