Justices Poised to Upend Voting Rights Act

“The Supreme Court appeared poised on Wednesday to upend a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a move that could gut a pillar of landmark civil rights legislation and prohibit lawmakers from using race as a factor in drawing voting maps,” the New York Times reports.

“If the justices determine that lawmakers may not consider race in voting maps, the repercussions for the country’s political balance could be sweeping, allowing Republican state legislatures to redistrict and eliminate at least a dozen Democratic-held House districts across the South.”

Rick Hasen : “It will be an earthquake in the American political system, and I hope it leads to a new civil rights movement.”