MAGA’s Voting Rights Power Grab Blows Up in Their Faces
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Republicans are overselling a Supreme Court ruling that hands the party a redistricting victory in Louisiana, analysts have warned.
President Donald Trump crowed that the case was a “BIG WIN,” after a 6-3 majority ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when it redrew its congressional map in 2024.
But while the court agreed that the state’s newly drawn Black-majority congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, analysts are warning the GOP not to pop the champagne just yet.
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- US Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps BBC News —
- Supreme Court rules on key Voting Rights Act rule as Republicans and Democrats wage redistricting war Fox News —