The high court’s Callais ruling is already being used to delete majority-minority federal districts. But its most catastrophic impact may be felt closer to home.
In 2018, David Tyson
Jr., an African American, sued Richardson Independent School District in Texas
for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In the district’s 164-year
history, Tyson was the only person of color ever to serve on the school board.
Yet, at the time of the lawsuit, white students made up less than 30 percent of the district while
Just two years ago, the court, by a 5-4 vote, affirmed a ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in a…
The court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais takes the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act, making it nearly impossible to draw…
Journalist Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson on the right’s “power grab” in the South.
This court has impaled one of the most important laws in American history, with disastrous consequences for multiracial democracy
Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down a congressional map in Louisiana with a second majority-Black district.…
Ruling, called 'big win' by Trump, will result in redistricting in Louisiana, but it will have farther-reaching effects.
