The Latest Breaking News from Callais

What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?

Rightwing justices in Louisiana v Callais led 6-3 vote to redraw congressional maps in blow to Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US · Apr 30

The Supreme Court just gutted the Voting Rights Act and Louisiana’s Black voters are the first casualty

The Supreme Court just delivered a crushing blow to the Voting Rights Act, and Louisiana’s Black voters are feeling the impact first. According to The Guardian, in a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court effectively dismantled Section 2 of the landmark 1965 law, the last stronghold preventing racial…

The Mary Sue · Apr 30

Supreme Court voting rights ruling empowers Texas Republicans to redraw more partisan maps

Texas lawmakers will be able to draw more aggressively partisan maps for the state House, Senate and education board when they return in 2027.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 30

With supreme court ruling, Republicans could crack urban areas to dilute Black vote

Decision gives mapmakers in Republican states power to crack districts into pieces and dilute votes into oblivion

The Guardian - US · Apr 29

Black lawmakers face losing their seats after supreme court decision: ‘We’re going backwards’

Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures are at risk of losing their seats in Alabama’s Black congressional districts after ruling

The Guardian - US · Apr 29

Unanimous Supreme Court Affirms Standing to Challenge Subpoena for Info on Financial Supporters

The Court dispatches with an easy case the lower courts should have gotten right.

Reason · Apr 29

As a supreme court ruling looms, the US is dismantling Black voting power

Louisiana v Callais could be the latest brick in a wall under construction for more than a decade, as Jim Crow is rebuilt in modern form

The Guardian - US · Apr 6

SCOTUS Saves Staten Island

Will Callais come tomorrow?

Reason · Mar 3

Rumblings About Callais

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais back on October 15. At the time, there was a… The post Rumblings About Callais appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Feb 12

Razzle Dazzle Racism

Brown, Milliken, and Judge Brown.

Reason · Dec 5, 2025