#Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.
Louisiana Congressional Map Reshapes Representation After Supreme Court Ruling
Louisiana Congressional Map reshapes the state’s congressional delegation, reducing Black representation and creating a likely 5-1 GOP advantage.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/civil-rights/louisiana-congressional-map/
Forcing themselves on us, wanted or not: “Republicans recognize the only way for them to win going forward is to skew the maps so that Democrats can’t win, because right now, at least, the administration is a dumpster fire.” 🤬
#Politics #USPolitics #VotingRightsActGutted #Redistrcting #Voting #DemocracyInDanger #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #RacialGerrymandering #SinglePartyRule #LettersFromAnAmerican
Today Tennessee state representative Justin Jones burned a Confederate battle flag in the rotunda of the Tennessee State Capitol in protest of the legislature’s redrawing of the state’s congressional district maps to erase the majority-Black 9th Congressional District.
Race through time: The Kentucky Derby and the Supreme Court
‘Killing our vote’: GOP states rush to break up Black districts after US Supreme Court case
Alabama lawmakers advance primary bills as protests erupt in committees
HB 1, sponsored by Speaker Pro Tempore Chris Pringle, R-Mobile, and SB 1, sponsored by Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Josephine, would respectively allow new primary elections for congressional districts and two state Senate districts in Montgomery.
Tennessee Republicans pass US House map carving up Memphis days after SCOTUS guts Voting Rights Act
Judicial backlash against the Second Reconstruction Era of the 1960’s
#Republicans, cheered on by #Trump, have rejected those claims. Instead, they have said, they are responding to the #SCOTUS ruling, which raised the bar for what constitutes a #racial #gerrymander under the #VotingRights Act of 1965.
#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #TNpol #USpol
#Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.
#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters
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