Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling Wednesday (April 29) that significantly weakens a core protection of the Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and narrowing the law's ability to combat racial discrimination in elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the court's conservative majority ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state's redrawn congressional map,which created two majority-Black districts, relied too heavily on race and amounted to an unconstitutional gerrymander. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, arguing that evidence of racial discrimination in earlier maps was too weak to justify the race-conscious drawing of the new map.
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Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling Wednesday (April 29) that significantly weakens a core protection of the Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and narrowing the law's ability to combat racial discrimination in elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the court's conservative majority ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state's redrawn congressional map,which created two majority-Black districts, relied too heavil
Open original open_in_newSupreme Court delivered a landmark ruling Wednesday (April 29) that significantly weakens a core protection of the Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and narrowing the law's ability to combat racial discrimination in elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the court's conservative majority ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state's redrawn congressional map,which created two majority-Black districts, relied too heavil
Open original open_in_newSupreme Court delivered a landmark ruling Wednesday (April 29) that significantly weakens a core protection of the Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and narrowing the law's ability to combat racial discrimination in elections. In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the court's conservative majority ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that the state's redrawn congressional map,which created two majority-Black districts, relied too heavil
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Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling Wednesday (April 29) that significantly weakens a core protection of the Voting Rights Act, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district and narrowing the …
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