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Dasfour2022 / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)politics20 hrs ago
Supreme Court Allows Defense in Partisan Gerrymandering Voting Rights Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that states can use partisan gerrymandering as a defense against claims of racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act. This decision reverses prior requirements for considering minority voter concentrations in district m…
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Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)politics2 days ago
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Louisiana's Second Majority-Black District Violates Equal Protection Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision affirming that Louisiana's congressional map with a second majority-Black district violates the equal-protection clause. The ruling narrows Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require intentional discrimination. It builds on prior ca…