Posted on 10/15/2025 11:46:02 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared inclined to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to force states to draw electoral districts favorable to minority voters.
The court's six conservative justices, to one degree or another, seemed like they would vote to effectively strike down a Black majority House district in Louisiana because it relied too heavily on race.
Such an outcome could mark a fundamental change in the voting rights law, the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement, that succeeded in opening the ballot box to Black Americans and reducing persistent discrimination in voting.
A ruling for Louisiana could open the door for legislatures to redraw congressional maps across the South, potentially boosting Republican electoral prospects by eliminating majority Black and Latino districts that tend to favor Democrats.
Roberts suggested that the Alabama decision was highly focused on its facts and should not be read to require a similar outcome in Louisiana.
Kavanaugh pressed Nelson on whether the time has come to end the use of race-based districts under the Voting Rights Act rather than "allowing it to extend forever."
The court's conservative majority has been skeptical of considerations of race, most recently ending affirmative action in college admissions.
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W I N N I N G !
District population. NOT racial make up.
Aw, cmon! You mean we’re gonna stop judging people by the color of their skin?? No way!
A curb? Hopefully they are signaling the long overdue eradication of the unconstitutional practice.
Constitution says count da people.
Everything else is un-legal.............
My impression (listening to the Q&A): The three left judges wanted black majority districts based solely on the tendency of blacks to vote Democratic. The six center-to-right judges seemed open to the idea that racial-gerrymanders perpetual racism and, so, can only be a remedy for (current and intentional) racism; NOT a “remedy” for residual effects of long past racism.
It appears you are correct.
Crazy right?!?!?!?!?!
What are we supposed to do, judge people by the content of their character?
NO ONE would propose THAT
Oh... wait...
Legislate districts used to be drawn in straight lines and follow natural boundaries like rivers and lakes. When they started redrawing them to rig them by race, they started resembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. ANG they were intended to favor Democrats.
You are correct!
There is a strong case for ending this discriminatory provision. It has outgrown whatever legitimacy it may once have had.
Supreme Court oral arguments are seldom the “tell” many here want. Once the private voting and opinions begin to circulate among the justices, many details evolve.
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