SCOTUS rushed out Monday’s decision on an expedited basis, presumably so Alabama would have enough time to enact its new gerrymander before the midterms.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana's Race-Based Gerrymandering
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map, stating that using race to draw a second majority-Black district was unconstitutional.
In a stunning act of political partisanship, the Roberts Court on Monday night discarded its own precedents to green-light a last-ditch effort by Alabama to use a gerrymandered congressional map for t...
The Supreme Court has barred considering race when crafting legislative districts. But race could remain embedded in political gerrymandering, despite vehement claims to the contrary.
In a recent interview, political analyst O'Brien discussed the potential impact of the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act, predicting a 'redistricting war' among political parties. He a...
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights in the midst of midterm primary elections. Last week, the court struck down a Louisian...
Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana...
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Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Welcome to Callais-a-palooza, where Sarah Isgur and David French discuss Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court decision that...
When it comes to the American Left, I sometimes play something I call the “opposite game.” The rules are straightforward: Whatever a far-Left politician or pundit declares bad is almost good, and vice...
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The very short list of constraints on partisan gerrymandering has gotten even shorter. Until last week, the Supreme Court had interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require states to draw s...
After the Supreme Court gutted a key provision in the Voting Rights Act (VRA), President Donald Trump insisted over the weekend that Republicans should rig political maps in their favor ahead of the u...
Tim Miller talks with Democracy Docket's Marc Elias about the mess unfolding in Louisiana, where votes are already being cast—and now the election itself could be reset. Marc explains the Supreme Cour...
The video discusses the recent Supreme Court decision that undermined a key plank of the Voting Rights Act, leading to Louisiana suspending its planned May congressional primaries and the Republican-c...
On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court sided with fairness and the rule of law in its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, which returned the Voting Rights Act to its original intent: to protect against...
Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day. Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Congressional Map and Guts Key Provision of C...
Get ready for new fights over racist gerrymandering. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT’S RIGHT-WING MAJORITY gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Wednesday. In a 6–3 ruling in Louisiana v. C...
Louisiana has suspended its May primary elections for congressional races following the Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday on its congressional map, as districts need to be redrawn in order to be legal...
Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the decision in a racially challenged redistricting map case, weird indictments, and wheth...
On Wednesday, after the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifteenth Amendment’s prohibition on intentional racial discrimination forbids race-based redistricting, former President Barack Obama issued a scr...
Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent I've finished reviewing the Supreme Court's 92-page decision in Louisiana v. Callais (rhymes with waylay). I've d...
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Wednesday’s 6–3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down i...
Mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court garrotted the Voting Rights Act’s (VRA) safeguards against racial gerrymandering, Republicans across the nation — but particularly in the South — called on GOP...
The Republican justices just abolished 40 years worth of law protecting against rigged maps. Get yourself a man who loves you as much as Justice Samuel Alito loves partisan gerrymandering. The Supre...
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In a major ruling that would permit weakening the voting power of minorities in the United States, the Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana’s congression...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply limited the ability of states to consider race when drawing congressional maps, a decision that could reshape the balance of power in Washington and intensi...
The Supreme Court’s six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act, dealing a death blow to t...
Justices rule in landmark 6-3 decision that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Sign up for the Breaking...
The 6-3 opinion came from Justice Samuel Alito. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana's congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and dealt a blow to Section 2 of the...
Democrats on Capitol Hill seethed Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana violated the Constitution by drawing a majority-black congressional district predominantly on the basis of race...
The Supreme Court delivered a major 6-3 ruling Wednesday, striking down Louisiana’s congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais after the state added a second majority-Black district. The Court said th...
