‘An Attempt … to Dismantle Our Power’: Supreme Court Leans In on Arguments Against Race-Based Redistricting In Louisiana Case That Could Further Gut the Voting Rights Act
While hearing oral argument over the racial makeup of voting districts in Louisiana on Wednesday, the justices comprising the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed inclined to undercut a key section of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, enacted to prevent racial discrimination in voting. Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh said during the…
