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Members of Venezuelan community organizations denounced a Trump administration move to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants in Doral, Fla., last year...
Mother Jones - 10 hours 53 min agoThe 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 the country's most important civil rights law. The majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito in Louisiana v. Callais strikes down the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district […]...
Nation Review - 11 hours 8 min agoJustice Elena Kagan, in a dissenting opinion, said the decision represents the ‘demolition of the Voting Rights Act.’...
President Trump made accusations during his campaign in 2024.
The Virginia Supreme Court will allow a lower court order temporarily blocking the commonwealth from certifying the results of a redistricting referendum to remain in place, dealing a blow to Democrats who sought to challenge the ruling. The high court on Tuesday denied a motion by Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) appealing last week's...
The Florida Legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans' advantage in the state. The vote came just two days after Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his proposal and the same day that the Supreme Court rolled back a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The AP reports...
Daily Signal - 11 hours 16 min agoThe Supreme Court delivered a unanimous rebuke to New Jersey Democrat Attorney General Matthew Platkin for his demand that a pro-life pregnancy center hand over its donor information. Platkin had issued a subpoena to First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, seeking to prove that the pregnancy center was misleading donors. The Supreme Court cited NAACP v....
Nation Review - 11 hours 16 min agoGorsuch’s opinion illustrates the Court’s consensus on free speech issues in general and government abuses of investigative authority to chill speech in particular.
The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.
The Supreme Court retreats from 1986 rules that called for electing Blacks and Latinos to Congress and state and local boards.
Advocate - 11 hours 23 min agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and sharply narrowed how the Voting Rights Act can be used to challenge discriminatory election maps.
The Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status programs for Haiti and Syria.
Rolling Stone - 11 hours 32 min agoJustice Elena Kagan wrote that the court's 6-3 decision makes a key provision of the Voting Rights Act "all but a dead letter"...
The Supreme Court unanimously allowed a New Jersey-based crisis pregnancy center to fight a Garden State subpoena from 2023 demanding access to its donor information.
Nation Review - 11 hours 50 min agoThe ruling allows First Choice to challenge a subpoena it received from then-N.J. AG Matthew Platkin demanding donor lists.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, struck down Louisiana's congressional map on Wednesday that added a second majority-Black district, a decision that carries seismic implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana's legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives' push to weaken a central provision of...
Daily Signal - 11 hours 53 min agoThe Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a Louisiana congressional district’s boundaries relied too much on race, in a redistricting case that could impact which party controls Congress in the years ahead. The district is represented by Rep. Cleo Fields, a Democrat. During arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts said the district was drawn like a "snake,"...
The Supreme Court ruled for Republicans in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana, ruling that a new map was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
NPR - 11 hours 58 min agoAlthough the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.
Blow to Voting Rights Act as Supreme Court rules congressional map based on race is unconstitutional
Liberal justices of the court said the decision will open the door to eliminate the protections of the Voting Rights Act...
NPR - 11 hours 59 min agoAs the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines struck down Louisiana's congressional map on Wednesday that added a second majority-Black district, a decision that carries seismic implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana's legal saga thrust the state into the center of conservatives' push to weaken a central provision of...
Solicitor General D. John Sauer in 2023.
Justice Neil Gorsuch found the NJ attorney general's investigation into pregnancy counseling centers violated the First Amendment...
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