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Boil on the butt of humanity, Marc Elias, still fuming from the Supreme Court's recent smackdown on...
Nine states have a version of voting rights act and 11 more, including several in the south, have introduced bills to protect voters in absence of federal protections After the US supreme court essentially struck down another major provision of the Voting Rights Act, advocates and Democratic lawmakers have renewed a push in the states to enact their own versions of the landmark civil rights bill to protect voters. The supreme court ruled this week in Louisiana v Callais, effectively dismantling...
The complaint, filed in New York County Supreme Court, names Lorna Hajdini as the primary defendant.
This court has impaled one of the most important laws in American history, with disastrous consequences for multiracial democracy The supreme court justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have made it their life's work to unravel the Voting Rights Act and undo the most effective civil rights legislation in American history. On Wednesday, they finished the job. Continue reading...
James Broadnax was executed in Texas after the Supreme Court denied a last-minute bid to spare his life in a 2008 double killing he said he did not commit.
Progressive Democrats cheered after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) preferred candidate, Gov. Janet Mills (D), exited Maine's Senate race, reshaping the field. Republicans are eyeing potential congressional seat gains following a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that could redraw the political map ahead of November. Meanwhile, long standing U.S.-Germany relations have...
Progressive Democrats cheered after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) preferred candidate, Gov. Janet Mills (D), exited Maine's Senate race, reshaping the field. Republicans are eyeing potential congressional seat gains following a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that could redraw the political map ahead of November. Meanwhile, long standing U.S.-Germany relations have...
Development on hardcore fantasy PvPvE dungeon-crawler Dark and Darker is free to continue without fear of being shut down, following a Supreme Court ruling rejecting allegations of copyright infringement from Nexon. Read more...
All six conservative justices voted to gut the Voting Rights Act in a ruling that critics say will reshape political representation for Black Americans.
Bernie Sanders endorses Maine Dem Senate hopeful Graham Platner amid controversy in 2026 race.
ABC News - 12 hours 5 min agoLouisiana's congressional primaries are not going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling...
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email Louisiana governor Jeff Landry yesterday told GOP candidates that he plans to suspend next month's primary elections so that state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, the Washington Post (paywall) reported last night . It came hours after the US supreme court decided that Louisiana's creation of a second majority black congressional district to satisfy previously rulings relied too heavily on race and was...
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 - 18 hours 31 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 - 18 hours 52 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...
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