Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts

Source: Bloomberg Politics · Bias: Center

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The US Supreme Court limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a major constitutional ruling that buttresses Republican efforts to keep control of the House in this year’s midterms and beyond. Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices rejected a Louisiana congressional map that was drawn with a second majority-Black district after a lower court found an earlier map to be discriminatory. Bloomberg Law Host June Grasso discusses the ruling with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts
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Supreme Court Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts

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The US Supreme Court limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts in a major constitutional ruling that buttresses Republican efforts to keep control of the House in this year’s midterms and beyond. Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices rejected a Louisiana congressional map that was drawn with a second majority-Black district after a lower court found an earlier map to be discriminatory. Bloomberg Law Host June Grasso discusses the ruling with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)