US Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act: What does it mean for minorities?
The US Supreme Court has narrowed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, making it harder to challenge racial discrimination in electoral maps. The ruling in Louisiana v Callais shifts legal ...
Christian Science Monitor
Supreme Court redefines how states can factor race into congressional maps
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
SCOTUSblog
After major voting rights ruling, parties dispute whether the Supreme Court should finalize decision immediately to allow changes to Louisiana’s congressional map
African American” voters who prevailed earlier in the day in their challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map asked the Supreme Court ...
SCOTUSblog
Court agrees to immediately finalize Voting Rights Act decision; refuses request to reverse this
The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request to immediately finalize its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, in which it ...
Louisiana's governor defends decision to suspend congressional primaries
After the Supreme Court ruled a Louisiana congressional map unconstitutional, Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries, the state ...
Big Supreme Court rulings loom on Trump, elections, citizenship: What to expect
The Supreme Court is in its final stretch for the year in deciding major cases. Big rulings loom related to Trump's power, ...
The New York Times
Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Another Blow to Voting Rights Act
The court struck down the voting map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a move that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority voting districts. By Abbie VanSickle ...
AOL
US Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act - making it harder for minorities to challenge electoral maps as racially ...