The New Yorker [Unofficial]The Supreme Court’s Latest Blow to Black Voters’ Rights
RonSupportsYouWorse things are happening now, @geoffcmason, than happened decades ago. For example the Supreme Court issued a racist opinion (called Callais) which pretty much destroyed the #VotingRightsAct.
NonilexSince #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
#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.
A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans
by Mara Gay
The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share
CheshireA Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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aikiddA probable test case to allow the #SupremeCourt an opportunity to reset #CivilRights back to 1865.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/realestate/return-to-the-land-discrimination-lawsuit.html
#JohnRoberts #RobertsCourt #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #VRA #GOP #KKK #DEI #fascist #USA #Constitution #Alito #Kavanaugh #ComeyBarrett #Gorsuch #voting #civil #rights
When the two sides differ, @volkris, you agreed with what the Republican majority on the Supreme Court wrote, and I agreed with what the Democratic minority wrote. People including Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor certainly read and understood the cases, but she did not reach the same #racist conclusion as Samuel Alito did, for example, in cases that undermined the #VotingRightsAct. #HumanRights
Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.
The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.
#redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt
Skwerlgyrl 
🐿️> It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.
To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.
#motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
#Tennessee #florida
#alabama #supremecourt
#ariberman #pemalevy
#midterms2026 #midtermelections
#uspol
https://motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F0hUCjlsQri7AQqdtvakvw
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: With the Voting Rights Act gone, what happens to the midterms? . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Mother Jones’ Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy and national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman for a discussion about the Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it. It’s been just over a month since the Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the repercussions have been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama. The discussion will be moderated by Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones. Participants are welcome to submit written questions in advance to [email protected] or during the June 9 webinar. The discussion will run for 60 minutes, and we hope you can join us.