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Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all levels of government.

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Supreme Court voting rights ruling sparks new gerrymandering fights nationwide

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Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

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The Supreme Court Steps Backward on Voting and Race

This week, when the Supreme Court limited the reach of the momentous Voting Rights Act of 1965, the principle was again demonstrated.

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Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act, hollowing out law that protects minority voting...

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Louisiana lawmaker whose district is at heart of SCOTUS ruling speaks out

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Supreme Court decision sets off gerrymandering scramble

The Supreme Court kicked off the scramble by throwing out a Louisiana congressional map that had two Black-majority districts in an opinion that will make it significantly harder to challenge redistri...

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Here’s What States Might Do After the Voting Rights Decision

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What Peak Gerrymandering Could Look Like Now

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‘The Daily Show’ Jokes SCOTUS Blow to Voting Rights Act Is ‘Great’ for Future Civil Rights Movies: ‘Fantastic From Like a Denzel-Only Perspective’

"The Daily Show" host Josh Johnson jokes that probably only Denzel Washington might benefit from SCOTUS' latest ruling

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Supreme Court limits reach of the Voting Rights Act

Jodi Kantor, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, joins The Lead.

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After major voting rights ruling, parties dispute whether the Supreme Court should finalize decision immediately to allow changes to Louisiana’s congressional map

African American” voters who prevailed earlier in the day in their challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map asked the Supreme Court

Black conservative unleashes on Obama for 'constantly whining' after SCOTUS voting rights decision

T.W. Shannon disagreed with former President Obama on the Supreme Court's racial redistricting ruling, saying race should not be a deciding factor in drawing districts.

Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics. The only question is when

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

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Justice Kagan Rips SCOTUS For Gutting Voting Rights Act In Dour Dissent

“The consequences are likely to be far-reaching and grave,” she predicted.

Supreme Court ruling forces Louisiana lawmakers to redraw districts, Delays congressional election

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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