Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

[RandySF]

The Supreme Court appeared poised on Wednesday to weaken a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by sharply limiting the ability of lawmakers to use race as a factor in drawing voting maps, which could lead to widespread redistricting efforts.

If the justices determine that lawmakers cannot consider race when drawing districts, the consequences for the country’s political balance could be sweeping. The decision could end the practice, endorsed by the court for decades, of crafting congressional districts with the purpose of helping minority voters elect the candidates of their choice.

Republican state legislatures could use the ruling to eliminate around a dozen Democratic-held House districts across the South, according to a New York Times analysis.

The court typically issues major rulings by late June or early July, but could rule more quickly in the voting case. It is not clear if states could act in time for the 2026 midterm elections, should the justices agree to upend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-act.html

[Klarkashton]

1. Remember all that bullshit about "settled law"

And not legislating from the bench?

That bastards are steamrolling the whole fucking cha cha.

[lostincalifornia]

2. Those jackasses who refused to vote for VP Harris in 2024, and Hillary in 2016, OWN THIS!!!

[bluestarone]

3. So much for STATES running their own elections!!

THIS will destroy voting in America, COMPLETELY!!

[videohead5]

4. States run by Democrats

Are going to have to step up and gerrymander to the extreme. Democrats have no choice.

[J_William_Ryan]

5. "Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act"

Coming as a surprise to no one.

A racist, conservative Supreme Court majority perfectly content with disenfranchising millions of black voters.