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In the two decades John Roberts has served as chief justice, the Supreme Court he presides over has repeatedly decimated the Voting Rights Act , striking a series of savage blows to the law long hailed as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement . This term, in Louisiana v. Callais , the Voting Rights Act is in the crosshairs once again, as the court’s conservative supermajority might strike down the act’s last standing pillar.

Callais , which will be re-argued on Oct. 15, began as a narrow case about whether Louisiana had created a racial gerrymander when it drew a new congressional map to remedy a Voting Rights Act violation in the state’s 2022 cong

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