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Voting Rights Act

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power 2026-05-13

The Supreme Court Reversed Itself to Erase a District It Had Previously Ordered to Exist

The 6-3 Alabama ruling does not just weaken the Voting Rights Act -- it retroactively rewrites what courts can require states to undo.

power 2026-05-10

The Permanent Gerrymander

After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans are redrawing maps without legal constraint. Democrats are about to learn what structural disadvantage really feels like.

power 2026-05-07

SCOTUS Just Handed Republicans a Redistricting Weapon Before the Midterms

The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais dismantled majority-Black congressional districts. States are now scrambling to redraw maps before this year's elections.

power 2026-05-06

SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Then It Rushed the Ruling Into Effect.

The Court didn't just strike down Louisiana's map. It expedited the ruling so Louisiana can draw a new one in time for 2026 midterms, while Jackson and Alito traded public insults about what that means.

power 2026-05-05

SCOTUS Guts the VRA and Makes It Take Effect Immediately

A 6-3 ruling last week killed majority-minority districts. An emergency order Monday forced that ruling into effect before the 32-day waiting period. The 2026 map is already being redrawn.

power 2026-05-04

SCOTUS Gutted the Voting Rights Act. Republicans Have 180 Days to Redraw Maps.

Louisiana v. Callais ended the 40-year Gingles framework for minority representation. The race to redraw before November's midterms may flip four to six House seats.

power 2026-05-03

SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act. Again.

A 6-3 ruling in the Louisiana redistricting case didn't kill Section 2 — it made compliance with Section 2 an unconstitutional act.

power 2026-05-01

The SCOTUS Ruling Unlocked Maximum Gerrymandering. Republicans Are Running the Clock.

Within 48 hours of the Callais decision, Louisiana suspended its primaries, Florida passed a new map adding four Republican seats, and Trump called on Tennessee and other states to redraw their districts. The ruling did not just limit the Voting Rights Act. It started a race.

power 2026-05-01

SCOTUS Guts the Voting Rights Act, and the Ruling's Logic Goes Further Than Louisiana

The court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais makes it nearly impossible to draw a majority-minority district without simultaneously making it unconstitutional. That paradox was the point.

power 2026-04-30

SCOTUS Strikes Down Louisiana Map, Gutting Voting Rights Act

The court rules majority-minority districts unconstitutional, handing Republicans a redistricting weapon heading into the midterms.

power 2026-04-27

Dhillon's DOJ Is Completing the Rollback Reagan Couldn't: What Changed and Why It Matters

In the 1980s, GOP moderates in the Senate and Cabinet stopped Reagan's civil rights retrenchment. Today, Harmeet Dhillon is executing the same agenda without a single Republican senator objecting. The silence is the story.