https://drudge.com/user/wardog New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/291729/scotus-eviscerates-voting-rights-act https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-redistricting-louisiana-aa5d7dbde7c13654f341d152c2ad5229 The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the main provision of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which helped ensure congressional districts represented minority constituents. The move could open the door for Republican led states to redistrict even more to gain more seats. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:lrr632kvugzfk2vsghjytvgl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknkqawmwk24" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihyja4yxrsls2jcozxuryudexcpfd4sztwgo52br7u2stj7ewjrim" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">This is a deeply shameful decision by the Supreme Court. <p>What's important for New Yorkers to know right now is that the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act still holds in our state. We have strong protections against racial disenfranchisement - regardless of the Court's whitewashing.<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lrr632kvugzfk2vsghjytvgl/post/3mknkqawmwk24?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p>" NYCLU (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lrr632kvugzfk2vsghjytvgl?ref_src=embed">@nyclu.org</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lrr632kvugzfk2vsghjytvgl/post/3mknkqawmwk24?ref_src=embed">Apr 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:23:32 -0400 wardog https://drudge.com/news/291729/scotus-eviscerates-voting-rights-act#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.291729 news breaking, 0.5 daily 291729