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Janai Nelson president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is back up. Again, she is the only lawyer before the court arguing for maintaining §2 of the #VRA as it is. There are 3 lawyers arguing against her, 1 each for the State of #Louisiana, the #Trump admin, & #white voters in Louisiana.
“Louisiana is emblematic of the ongoing need for Section 2,” she said.
She closes her argument, the case is submitted. Court adjourned.
#SCOTUS #law#VotingRights#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
4 lawyers will present arguments to the court
But only one is defending the #Louisiana congressional map with 2 majority #Black districts.
That will be #CivilRights lawyer Janai Nelson, representing the Black voters who sued when the state initially produced a map with just one majority Black district.
The other lawyers are the #Trump administration’s deputy solicitor general, Hashim Mooppan, #Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga & Edward Greim, the lawyer for the #white voters who sued over the map with 2 majority #Black districts.
Louisiana switched sides after the court ordered new arguments.
#SCOTUS #law#VotingRights#VRA#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
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