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Jonathan Turley critiques Democrats' approach to America's 250th anniversary and Supreme Court reforms.
In a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district, ruling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. The ruling has significant implications for future applications of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which activists have long used to push for new electoral lines that protect the voting power of historically disenfranchised...
Trump demands Jeffries retracts his statement calling the Supreme Court illegitimate, sparking controversy.
Louisiana's May congressional primaries are suspended after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a majority Black congressional district map.
Rep. Wesley Hunt pushed back on questions about Black Republicans in Congress after the Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling about a Louisiana congressional district.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) deciding to move forward with the state's Senate primary election next month was "disappointing." Landry signed an executive order earlier Thursday suspending the House primary elections in Louisiana, a day after the Supreme Court ruled that the state's congressional map was unconstitutional. All...
President Lula's veto of the bill was overturned by Brazil's congress and senate, meaning it now awaits confirmation by supreme court Brazil's largely conservative congress has approved a bill reducing the prison sentence of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted last year of attempting a coup. The bill had initially been passed by congress in December, but president Luiz In cio Lula da Silva vetoed it in January in a symbolic move marking three years since...
Slate - 6 hours 10 min agoThe court ruled 6 3 on ideological lines to all but end the protections of the modern Voting Rights Act.
Voting was about to start in the state's Senate and House elections. Due to Callais, they'll likely be delayed as Republicans rush to rewrite maps.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) on Thursday suspended the May 16 primary elections for the House in his state, a day after the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Landry signed an executive order suspending the elections, for which early voting was set to...
Slate - 6 hours 30 min agoThe justices' Voting Rights Act decision will set off a scramble to rig elections for years to come.
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 Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act could unleash another redistricting arms race.
Obama warns Supreme Court ruling guts Voting Rights Act protections, but critics note he backed Virginia redistricting favoring Democrats days earlier.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court's ruling that Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional, which limited the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as "Jim Crow in new clothes." Court justices determined the district's addition to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a 6-3 decision along...
Supreme Court ends racial gerrymandering; Dems criticized for biased Northeast maps and voter suppression claims.
California's powerful coastal watchdog suffered a major blow Thursday after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled it overstepped its authority in a bombshell decision.
NPR - 7 hours 49 min agoLouisiana suspended its upcoming primaries for the U.S. House, following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's congressional map is an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."...
The Supreme Court just overturned Louisiana's congressional voting map, landing the latest blow to the landmark Voting Rights Act. Abbie VanSickle, a reporter covering the court for The New York Times, explains.
Louisiana Gov. Landry plans to delay the primary after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week striking down the state's newly drawn congressional map.
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?...
NPR - 9 hours 1 min agoThe state's highest court will now consider a deal that would allow the Onion to license the Infowars brand name and turn the show into a mockery of itself.
President Trump said Thursday that he spoke with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) about redistricting in the state to give Republicans a leg up in congressional races ahead of the November midterm elections. The conversation comes after a Wednesday Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of the Voting Rights Act provision that creates majority-minority districts....
Mother Jones - 9 hours 19 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 […]...
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