Supreme Court allows ruling that ends tool to protect minority voters in Missouri ^23.4%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 6/22/2026, 2:48 PM

Framing Effect 21.9% - Negativity Bias 18.9% - Self-Serving Bias 10.2%

By declining to take up a lower court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act. The court announced Monday that it will not review an Arkansas-based lawsuit, leaving in place a 2025 appeals panel ruling that ends a long-used tool for protecting minority voters from discrimination under the landmark... more

Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 states ^8.9%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 6/22/2026, 1:32 PM

Framing Effect 26.2% - Negativity Bias 13.2% - Biased Writer Voice 10.2%

By declining to take up a lower court ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt another blow to the Voting Rights Act. The court announced Monday that it will not review an Arkansas-based lawsuit, leaving in place a 2025 appeals panel ruling that ends a long-used tool for protecting minority voters from discrimination under the landmark... more

A Federal Judge in D.C. Declines to Block Trump's Executive Order on Voting by Mail ^5.2%

KQED - By Hansi Lo Wang - 5/30/2026, 5:00 PM

Framing Effect 26.1% - Appeal to Emotion 12.9% - Begging the Question 7.8%

A federal judge has declined to temporarily block President Trump’s executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail. The ruling released Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump nominee based in Washington, D.C., leaves in place — at least for now — an order that tests the limits of the president’s power under the... more

A federal judge in D.C. declines to block Trump's executive order on voting by mail ^9%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 5/28/2026, 11:13 AM

Negativity Bias 13.5% - Framing Effect 12.6% - Appeal to Authority 12%

A federal judge has declined to temporarily block President Trump's executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail. The ruling released Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump nominee based in Washington, D.C., leaves in place — at least for now — an executive order on voting that tests the limits of the... more

Why the Supreme Court's voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level ^73.9%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 5/18/2026, 9:05 AM

Negativity Bias 32.3% - Appeal to Authority 27.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 24.3%

While Republican-led Southern states race to redo their congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act's protections against racial discrimination, the decision's effects may be felt most notably on the local level. There are active legal fights over at least 17 voting maps or election systems for state... more

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress ^75.2%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 4/30/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 39.4% - Hasty Generalization 29% - Appeal to Emotion 25.4%

A historic drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be on the way after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision Wednesday to further weaken the Voting Rights Act. Now that the high court's conservative majority has reinterpreted longstanding provisions against racial discrimination under Section 2 of the Voting Rights... more

The U.S. Supreme Court strikes another severe blow to the Voting Rights Act ^92%

NPR - By Miles Parks, Hansi Lo Wang - 4/29/2026, 2:24 PM

Negativity Bias 39.6% - Framing Effect 30.6% - Appeal to Authority 20%

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander." Although the court technically kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision is the latest in a series... more

Supreme Court lets Texas use gerrymandered map that could give GOP 5 more House seats ^66.5%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 12/4/2025, 11:02 PM

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterm election. The decision released Thursday boosts the GOP's chances of preserving its slim majority in the House of Representatives amid an unprecedented gerrymandering fight launched... more