The Voting Rights Act
Fri, May 1, 2026 • 6:44 PM
There are Supreme Court decisions that interpret the law, and then there are decisions that demolish it. This week’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act falls squarely in the latter category.
By effectively striking down majority-minority districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, the Court didn’t just tweak precedent. It upended decades of hard-fought protections designed to ensure that minority voters could meaningfully participate in American democracy.
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