Republican Justices Poised to Undermine Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court, with a 6-3 Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to weaken the Voting Rights Act's protections for minority political representation.
Voting rights activists have warned that the results will be "catastrophic" if the court rules in favor of limiting the law's protections.
The conservatives are ready to wind the clock back to 1982, if not earlier.
The Case at Hand
The case, Louisiana v. Callais, centers on Section 2 of the law, which requires that racial minorities have an equal opportunity to participate in the electoral process.
- The law aims to prevent white majorities from locking racial minorities out of elected office.
- At least five conservative justices seem ready to enfeeble the law, putting American multi-racial democracy in peril.
Author's summary: The Voting Rights Act is at risk of being undermined by the Supreme Court.
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