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Rightwing justices ordered Louisiana in 6-3 vote to redraw congressional maps in blow to the Voting Rights Act The US supreme court issued a landmark ruling on Wednesday, Louisiana v Callais, relating to how states draft congressional maps under the key civil rights statute, the Voting Rights Act. By a margin of 6-3, the rightwing justices who control America's top court ordered Louisiana to redraw congressional maps that gave African Americans the chance to elect their candidates of choice...
The Voting Rights Act was born out of the Civil Rights Movement to open the ballot box to Black Americans who were systematically denied access. So when those protections get narrowed, even subtly, it raises a bigger question: Are we moving toward a system that prioritizes "race-neutral" rules, even if the outcomes aren't equal?...
Mother Jones - 6 hours 15 min agoOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court dealt a death blow to the country’s most important civil rights legislation, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 the law that defeated Jim Crow. For 100 years, from 1865 to 1965, Black people were systematically and actively excluded from participation in American democracy through racial violence, but more commonly through race-neutral […]...
Decider - 7 hours 27 min ago"That is disgusting, despicable, and I am devastated by this particular Supreme Court decision, even though Whoopi, we did know this was coming," she said on Thursday's episode of The View.
The organizations that fought for majority-minority districts across the US south are organizing their next steps The voting rights advocates who fought for majority-minority districts across the US south are organizing their next steps after the supreme court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday and eviscerated much of the work of the civil rights era. "I think that it is deeply troubling that in 2026 that many of us have less rights than our grandparents had and that becomes...
Ruling has gutted provision intended to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Plus, oil tops $126 a barrel to reach highest level since 2022 Good morning. The US supreme court has gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act through a landmark decision on Louisiana's congressional map, in a major upheaval in US civil rights law that threatens to weaken the voting power of minorities. How have lawmakers reacted? Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures, who are now at risk of losing their seats...
Moms for America founder calls for SPLC to be shut down after DOJ indictment alleging the civil rights group funneled money to extremist groups.
Latest ruling is culmination of Justices Roberts and Alito's campaign to slowly but surely strangle efforts to protect democratic rights of Black and other minority Americans The ruling from the US supreme court destroying one of the last pillars of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) marks the end of a long and painstaking campaign to roll back civil rights legislation by two titans of the court's rightwing majority, chief justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Acting as an unspoken double...
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email US supreme court demolishes' key Voting Rights Act provision that prevented racial discrimination The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a key policy meeting, likely the last chaired by central bank chief Jerome Powell, a frequent target of president Donald Trump's ire. Policymakers will weigh the risks of surging energy prices and snarled supply chains due to the US-Israel...
Court's 6-3 decision is a major upheaval in US civil rights law and gives lawmakers permission to draw districting plans that weaken the influence of Black and other minority voters key US politics stories from Wednesday 29 April at a glance The US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting...
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