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SCOTUS Narrows the Reach of the Voting Rights Act

Plus: The Supreme Court says “demands for a charity’s private member or donor information” raises First Amendment problems.

Damon Root | 4.30.2026 7:00 AM

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Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the Injustice System newsletter. The U.S. Supreme Court issued not one but two significant decisions yesterday. Let's take them in turn.

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1. Congressional Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act

In Louisiana v. Callais, a 6–3 Court, divided along partisan lines, invalidated a majority-black congressional district as an illegal gerrymander that unconstitutionally sorted voters by race.

The dispute originated in 2022 when a group of voters challenged a new Louisiana congressional map, arguing that it violated the Voting Rights Act's prohibition on racial discrimination in voting. A federal judge agreed, so Louisiana added a new majority-black district to its........

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