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Justices could gut Voting Rights

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard a Louisiana redistricting case that could sharply curtail the Voting Rights Act, risking loss of majority-Black or Latino districts and representation, critics said.

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In 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in gutting the landmark law's requirement that states and local governments with a history of discrimination, mostly in the South, get approval before making any election-related changes.
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Republican Attack on Voting Rights
A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week.
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Opinion | Why Am I the Wrong Kind of Hispanic?

In Washington state, racial gerrymandering turns out to be purely a partisan matter.

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by David Darmofal

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Was just looking at this district. Doesn't look like there's been massive redistricting of it, but it's still changed politically considerably in recent decades. In 2004, R Jo Ann Davis received 78.5% of the vote & Dems didn't even field a candidate. In 2010, Dem Krystal Ball got only 34.8%.
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Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
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We’ll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to defend a fair voting map in Louisiana. Diluting Black voting power is textbook discrimination — we're fighting for fair representation.
Graphic with a protester holding a sign reading "Federal voting rights protections, now!" The graphic reads "Black voters deserve to elect candidates of our choice."
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by Victor Asal

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Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
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Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
A case being argued at the US Supreme Court could undo one of the last remaining protections for minority voters in a Civil Rights-era voting law.
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NEW: The Supreme Court will not hear a case over a Colorado school district’s alleged actions discouraging disclosure of students’ gender identity to the students’ parents.

The case was a bad vehicle for considering the issue, even Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch note.
Cite as: 607 U. S. _ _ (2025) 1 Statement of ALITO, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JONATHAN LEE, ET AL. U. POUDRE SCHOOL DISTRICT R-1 ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 25-89. Decided October 14, 2025 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, respecting the denial of certiorari. I concur in the denial of certiorari because petitioners do not challenge the ground for the ruling below. But I remain concerned that some federal courts are "tempt[ed]" to avoid confronting a "particularly contentious constitutional ques-tion]": whether a school district violates parents' fundamental rights "when, without parental knowledge or con-sent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender or assists in that process." Parents Protecting Our Chil-dren, UA v. Eau Claire Area School Dist., 604 U. S. (2024) (ALITO, J., dissenting from denial of certio-rari) (slip op., at 1-2) (citing Troxel v. Granville, 530 U. S. 57, 70 (2000) (plurality opinion)). Petitioners tell us that nearly 6,000 public schools have policies-as respondent allegedly does-that purposefully interfere with parents' access to critical information about their children's gender-identity choices and school personnel's involvement in and influence on those choices. Pet. for Cert. 24. The trou-bling-and tragic-allegations in this case underscore the "great and growing national importance" of the question that these parent petitioners present. Parents Protecting Our Children, 604 U. S., at _ (slip op., at 1).
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by Victor Asal

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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
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Kevin has done the math. You need to be listening to what he has to say about the Louisiana case.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 19h
We now know that in the aftermath of Shelby County there was an explosion in vote dilution (via annexations) in once-covered municipalities. As ever, keeping our eye on the local level will be of paramount importance. Unfortunately, the decline of local media will make this v difficult
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A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
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by Timothy D. McBride

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Supreme Court once again eyes overturning key part of Voting Rights Act www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court once again eyes overturning key part of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana redistricting case that could determine whether states are required to draw majority Black and Latino districts.
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by Timothy D. McBride

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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.
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The Independent
Black residents worry the new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in a Supreme Court case

Black residents in a newly created Louisiana congressional district fear they could lose their representation in a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court

Black residents worry the new Louisiana congressional district could be lost in a Supreme Court case
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Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?

The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.

Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
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Supreme Court Reopens Debate on Key Part of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana redistricting case that could determine whether states are required to draw majority Black and Latino districts.

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