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Roberts & #Kavanaugh are the ones to watch
Along with the three liberal justices, #JohnRoberts & Brett Kavanaugh were part of a surprising decision two years ago that required #Alabama to redraw its congressional districts to benefit Black voters and led to the new map in #Louisiana as well.
The outcome likely will be different if either justice votes differently this time around.
#SCOTUS #law#VotingRights#VRA#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
Roberts & #Kavanaugh are the ones to watch
Along with the three liberal justices, #JohnRoberts & Brett Kavanaugh were part of a surprising decision two years ago that required #Alabama to redraw its congressional districts to benefit Black voters and led to the new map in #Louisiana as well.
The outcome likely will be different if either justice votes differently this time around.
#SCOTUS #law#VotingRights#VRA#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
Arguments underway in #SCOTUS#VotingRightsAct case
#JohnRoberts first called on Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to present her argument. Nelson is representing Press Robinson & other #Black#Louisiana voters.
Nelson argues her opponents “seek stagging reversal of precedent that would throw maps across the country into chaos.”
#law#VotingRights#VRA#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
The questioning begins with Thomas. His long-held view that drawing districts with #race in mind violates the #Constitution. Until now, that view has never commanded a majority of the court.
#SCOTUS #law#VotingRights#VRA#CivilRights#ActivistCourt#WhiteSupremacy
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