#SCOTUS takes up #Republican attack on #VotingRightsAct in case over #Black representation
A Republican attack on a core provision of the #VRA that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to SCOTUS this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old #law.
#gerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #VotingRights
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-voting-rights-race-louisiana-348260f08099d087bcde4a93140aa8b2
In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for #Louisiana & the #Trump admin will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state’s second majority #Black congressional district & make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of #race in #redistricting.
“Race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our Constitution,” Louisiana AG Elizabeth Murrill wrote in the state’s Supreme Court filing.
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VRA #gerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #VotingRights