Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images. Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that will begin with a lightning round of commentary on news stories we didn’t otherwise have big thoughts …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The Supreme Court’s evident commitment to eviscerating what remains of the Voting Rights Act appears certain to hand an electoral bonanza to Republicans. If the Republican-appointed justices end federal protections for minority representation, as they sounded eager to do …
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The last remaining piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – section 2, which empowers the federal government to protect voters from racial gerrymandering meant to dilute Black political power – appears headed for an untimely end. At oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais on Wednesday, the US supreme court appeared ready to strike down section 2, effectively completing the …
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Demonstrators holding signs in support of minority voting rights stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in March. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund hide caption toggle caption Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Legal Defense Fund A major redistricting case returning to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday could not only determine the fate of the federal Voting …
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The US supreme court will hear a hugely consequential case on Wednesday that will determine the future of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law designed to prevent discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v Callais, involves a dispute over Louisiana’s sixth congressional district, which snakes from Shreveport in the state’s north-west to Baton Rouge in the center. …
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