Tag: United States Supreme Court

Trump’s Supreme Court Just Aided Brian Flores’ Fight For Justice Against The NFL

Source: Sun Sentinel / Getty Perhaps the highest court in the land feels bad for demolishing the Voting Rights Act. Maybe Clarence Thomas remembered he’s Black. Or, maybe even a group of people who are comfortable with doing Donald Trump’s bidding understand just how repugnant the NFL can be. Regardless, victories of this magnitude are […]

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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry Says Tossing More Than 40,000 Legal Votes Is ‘No Big Deal’ And ‘Not My Fault’

Source: Erika Goldring / Getty Last month, we reported that Louisiana Republicans decided to postpone the state’s congressional primaries amid the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to strip away Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which resulted in the blocking of a Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana just weeks before the election. And in doing so, the Louisiana […]

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These Southern States Are Redistricting After Supreme Court Ruling 

Source: Douglas Rissing / Getty Last month, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act through its ruling on Louisiana v. Callais. As a result of that ruling, several red states have already moved to implement redistricting efforts that would disenfranchise Black voters. Below are the states that are gleefully rebooting the Jim Crow […]

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