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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T15:34:39.000Z",
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    "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling"
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  "textContent": "submitted by Powderhorn to usnews\n13 points | 0 comments\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling\n\n> The US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act.\n>\n> In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court rendered ineffective section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining powerful provision of the 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting. Section 2 specifically has long been used to ensure minority voters are treated fairly in redistricting\n>\n> “Allowing race to play any part in government decision-making represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context,” Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative, wrote for the majority opinion. “Compliance with section 2 thus could not justify the state’s use of race-based redistricting here. The state’s attempt to satisfy the Middle District’s ruling, although understandable, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”\n>\n> In a dissenting opinion, Justice Elena Kagan wrote the court had now accomplished a “demolition of the Voting Rights Act”.",
  "title": "US supreme court ‘demolishes’ key Voting Rights Act provision that prevented racial discrimination"
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