Der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA lässt das Voting Rights Act-Urteil vorzeitig in Kraft treten

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a recent ruling that gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect ahead of schedule, bolstering Louisiana Republicans as they pursue a new ‌congressional voting map ahead of the November midterm elections.
The action by the justices, though procedural, is likely to undercut legal challenges to Louisiana Republicans‘ decision to delay the state’s congressional primary elections and seek a new electoral map that could be beneficial to Republicans.

President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans are fighting to maintain their control of the House, as well as the Senate, in the November elections.
The court’s move, which came in an unsigned order, granted a request from a group of Louisiana voters who described themselves in court papers as „non-African American“. Their ⁠lawsuit led to the 6-3 ruling on April 29 striking down an electoral map that had given Louisiana a second Black-majority U.S. congressional district. The ruling gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that had barred electoral maps if they would result in diluting the clout of minority voters.

To give the losing side of a decision the chance to ask for a rehearing, the Supreme Court typically waits 32 days before its formal judgment is issued. But the prevailing party can ask the court to issue its judgment more quickly, as the „non-African American“ voters did here.
Governor Jeff Landry responded to the court’s ruling by declaring an emergency and announcing he would postpone his state’s congressional primary elections that had been scheduled for May 16.

Landry’s move prompted lawsuits. Some challengers have argued, among other things, that the governor exceeded his ‌authority to ⁠declare an emergency because the Supreme Court’s ruling had not yet taken effect.
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the court’s move to bypass its usual waiting period, saying the decision „has spawned chaos in the State of Louisiana.“
The rapid developments underscored how the court’s decision on April 29, which severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, has injected more uncertainty into what had already been a dizzying national fight over redistricting.

Black people make up roughly ⁠a third of the population of Louisiana, which has six U.S. House districts. Black voters tend to support Democratic candidates.
The state legislature in 2024 drew a map with a second majority-Black district in response to a judge’s decision that an earlier map, with just one majority-Black district, illegally harmed Black voters ⁠in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
But the Supreme Court ruled that the redrawn map relied too heavily on race, in violation of the constitutional principle of equal protection under the law.
In a process called redistricting, the boundaries of legislative districts across the United States are ⁠reconfigured to reflect population changes as measured by the national census conducted every 10 years. Redistricting typically has been carried out by state legislatures once per decade.
Republicans and Democrats have been waging a multistate redistricting fight ignited last year by an unprecedented mid-decade effort by Trump to redraw maps in Republican-led states, starting with Texas.

Good luck with your legacy, McConnell. Four Seasons landscaping will be more fondly remembered than you are.

God I hate politics.

As I mentioned in another thread, between the „leak“ about the shadow docket, the corruption as a whole, and the timing of this bullshit ruling, it’s obvious the supreme court is an extension of the Republican party. One dot connecting is a coincidence, but an entire pictures‘ worth of dots connecting can’t be called coincidence.

„You can be free, but only the kind of free we like.“

This plan has been in action since the voting rights act passed. Now they’ll move onto the civil rights act and marriage equality

this is a soft coup.

Of course they will.

What happened to the Purcell Principle?

If, and that’s a long-shot, the Dems ever have control again, I place impeachment of these Justices and term limits for the Court ahead of justice for Trump and his familial cesspool.

For those wondering, yes, this is what a corrupt court looks like.

Fucking traitors. Those six traitors can be tried for treason when this is over. It will be glorious.

All of this is so hard to keep track of and so fucking demoralizing. Blatantly cheating to try and keep their fucking party in power.
Considering how bad republicans have done the last year and a half I’m still hopefully pissed off Americans overcome all of this shit. How’s it looking at this point?

Like they were going to do the right thing. Thise 6 were hand chosen for this coup.

So, when do We The People start to do more than descent and actually do something?

Criminal justices and those who lied during their confirmations need to be removed without process by the next president. Can’t announce it, can’t campaign on it, just walk into office and cuff every criminal who has been responsible for the collapse of our country. We have evidence of bribes that should throw SCOTUS justices off the bench, we watched the insurrection and have the evidence, we have Epstein files that need investigating, we have espionage evidence from a slam-dunk trial shut down by a rouge activist on the bench. Drastic measures should’ve been taken during Biden and Garland’s time, and we’re feeling why every day so many in government roam free.

We live in a one party state

Democrats really need to,change there messaging on the court and openly push for expanding the court and Supreme court justices being investigated for criminal behavior and impeached. It is very clear both Thomas and Alito have taken bribes and fone favors.

They are making policy, not justice.