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Abortion Pills Can No Longer Be Sent by Mail as US Court Ruling Reinforces In-Person Pick-Up Only

A US federal appeals court has ruled against mail-order abortion pills, reinstating the requirement for in-person collection.

International Business Times

Abortion pill maker asks US supreme court to halt ban on mail-order access

Danco Laboratories files emergency appeal after lower court blocks telemedicine providers from prescribing

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court Eviscerates Voting Rights Act: 'Demolition' Completed

A 6–3 US Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v Callais has weakened a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, shaking the legal foundations of federal voting protections.

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Abortion Pills Can No Longer Be Sent by Mail as US Court Ruling Reinforces In-Person Pick-Up Only

A US federal appeals court has ruled against mail-order abortion pills, reinstating the requirement for in-person collection.

International Business Times UK

Another state sees surge in mystery drug tied to 41 deaths

The powerful synthetic opioid cychlorphine, first flagged by a DEA lab in 2024, has since been observed in cases across at least 13 U.S. states

The Independent UK

Texas man travels to Louisiana. He accidentally ends up at a restaurant in a ‘Sundown Town’ on the way back—and does something shocking: ‘$110 tip’

A Texas man took a trip to Louisiana to hit the casino. Then, on the way back, he realized that he accidentally stepped foot in a dangerous area.

The Mary Sue

US appeals court blocks mail-order access to abortion drugs

Abortion rights supporters say ruling is most sweeping threat to access since supreme court overturned Roe in 2022

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5th Circuit Panel Blocks 2023 Mifepristone Telemedicine Approval

This case will go to the Supreme Court very quickly.

Reason

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat

The Independent UK

Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections

State’s governor has ordered congressional primary halted until state can redraw districts and dilute Black vote

The Guardian - US

Voter groups challenge order to postpone House primaries in Louisiana

A group of Louisiana voters and voting rights groups filed a state lawsuit Friday challenging Gov. Jeff Landry’s executive order to postpone the state’s May 16 primaries for the House. The lawsuit seeks to block Landry’s move, arguing in part it exceeds the governor’s authority to invoke emergency power to…

Roll Call

Redistricting decision hamstrings potential congressional response

The Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Voting Rights Act appears to hamper Congress from passing legislation to restore the law’s protections for minority voters when states draw new congressional districts, legal experts say. In the hours after Wednesday’s 6-3 decision invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.,…

Roll Call

Conservative justices actually consider race – except in correcting inequality

In Louisiana v Callais, the supreme court has openly considered white Republicans in partisan redistricting

The Guardian - US

Callais Right Away!

It makes no difference when the Court issues its judgment.

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Hillary Clinton Calls Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling "Overlooks Reality For a Self-Serving Right-Wing Fantasy"

Hillary Clinton accused the Supreme Court's conservative majority of demolishing what remained of the Voting Rights Act, warning that Republican-led states are already moving to redraw congressional maps in ways that could dilute Black voting power.

The Guardian - US

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

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Louisiana governor postpones House primaries after Supreme Court ruling

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Thursday postponed his state’s May 16 primaries for the House, one day after the Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map as an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” “Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the…

The Mary Sue

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…

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Louisiana halts House elections after Supreme Court map ruling

The delay gives the Legislature time to draw a new map, Gov. Landry says.

The Independent UK

Louisiana primaries suspended by governor after Supreme Court redistricting ruling

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Latin Times

Louisiana Faces Election Shake-Up After Supreme Court Weakens Voting Rights Act

Louisiana has suspended its May congressional primaries after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's majority-Black congressional district, forcing officials to halt elections that were days away from early voting.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana primaries will proceed with US House races on ballot but votes ‘will not be counted’, secretary of state says – as it happened

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The Independent UK

Louisiana to suspend early voting after Supreme Court ruled its election maps unconstitutional

MAGA’s Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has seized upon the Supreme Court ruling to suspend voting in the imminent primary elections, which critics said was ‘legally shaky at best’

The Conversation

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section 2, prohibited any discriminatory voting practice or election rule that results in less opportunity for minority groups…

International Business Times UK

Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Outrage as Justices Dismantle Core Voting Protections in Landmark Louisiana Case

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw their congressional districts in a key decision that effectively guts the Voting Rights Act (VCA).

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