The Supreme Court’s six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act, dealing a death blow to the country’s most important civil rights law. The majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito in Louisiana v. Callais strikes down the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana and in so doing narrows Section 2 of the VRA to the point of irrelevance, making it nearly impossible to prove that a gerrymandered map violates the right of voters of color.
“Because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified the State’s use of race in creating SB8, and that map is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,” Alito wrote. “The Constitution almost never permits a State to discriminate on the basis of race, and such discrimination triggers strict scrutiny.”
16 Comments
raynethackery@lemmy.world · 124 pts · 127d
Sherman should have destroyed everything south of D.C. Then, every Confederate politician, military commander and plantation owner should have been hanged.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 127d
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
emmy67@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 127d
There's still time...
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 127d
the mistake was giving EC powers to the rural areas for elections, because they thought it was "margializing them"
zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 127d
100% this.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 69 pts · 127d
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 37 pts · 127d
We've had impartial computerized methods of creating fair districts for decades. It doesn't benefit those in power, who are the ones who would have to approve it.
A group should be formed, independent of state or federal, to form districts every few years based on population movement. If a party is disadvantaged by the makeup within that district, then they'll just have to work harder to try and sell themselves as a better choice. The role of a representative is a representation of that area, and should reflect their needs. Not some bigger party goal that needs the numbers.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 127d
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 127d
etherphon@piefed.world · 36 pts · 127d
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 127d
Are we great again yet? Can it stop?
tristynalxander@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 127d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 127d
likely the "assasination plot" was a distraction from this , so the news wont cover this and people arnt pay attention to this.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 127d
And just like that, there goes the midterm.
Give in to 100 years of Republican rule.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 126d
Then it's our turn to insurrection
osanna@lemmy.vg · 3 pts · 127d
sigh. what more can i say.
raynethackery@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · -22 pts · 127d
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 127d
It's not discrimination against white people, you obtuse asshole. It's having 4 majority white districts vs 2 majority non-white districts (67%-33%) in a state with a 55%-45% ratio.
sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 127d
What you should have said was nothing.
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 127d
Oh No! I'm used to have 99% power over politics and will now only have 98% power! Whatever will I do??
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 18 pts · 127d
Vieric@piefed.social · 25 pts · 127d
To someone used to having others under heel, fairness can feel like oppression. It is a deeply unfortunate thing, but it's all the more reason that sadly, fairness has to be institutionalized and peoples rights must be explicitly protected by law. Because people of this sort sure wont treat everyone the same on their own unless the law forces them to. I truly wish we lived in a world where such laws were not needed, but here we are.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d
Given the context, they probably meant something more like "So it only counts as discrimination if it's against white people?", and just worded it really badly.
Probably. They might just be an asshole.