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Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has ‘completed demolition’ of Voting Rights Act
The articles report that the Supreme Court ruling largely guts a major provision of the Voting Rights Act, with The Guardian US describing the decision as demolishing key protections and The Hill noting liberal justices’ view of it as a completed demolition. The Guardian pieces emphasize the impact on race-based redistricting and potential effects on elections, including redrawing Louisiana’s congressional map, while The Hill highlights Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent framing the Act as helpful to progress on racial discrimination.
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Liberal Supreme Court justices say majority has ‘completed demolition’ of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s liberal justices called their colleagues’ decision clawing back race-based redistricting on Wednesday a “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act. In a 48-page dissent, Justice Elena Kagan held up the landmark 1965 law as helpful to the nation’s progress on racial discrimination. “At this.
‘A devastating blow’: major civil rights group calls supreme court ruling on voting case ‘a major setback for our nation’ – live
Today, the supreme court’s conservative majority struck down a major element of the Voting Rights Act which protects against racial discrimination in redistricting, in a ruling that paves the way for aggressive gerrymandering in states across the nation that could affect elections for years to come. As my colleague.
US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act, gutting provision that prevented racial discrimination
Justices rule in landmark decision Louisiana must redraw congressional map, largely killing major civil rights law Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of.