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