Republican Justices Poised to Destroy Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to weaken the Voting Rights Act's protections for minority political representation.
Voting rights activists have warned that the results will be "catastrophic" if the court rules in favor of limiting the act's protections.
The conservatives are ready to wind the clock back to 1982, if not earlier.
The case, Louisiana v. Callais, centers on Section 2 of the law, which requires that racial minorities have an equal opportunity to participate in the electoral process.
- The Supreme Court has a six-to-three Republican-appointed majority.
- At least five conservative justices seem ready to limit the Voting Rights Act's protections.
- Section 2 of the law is at issue in the case.
Author's summary: The Voting Rights Act is in peril due to the Supreme Court's conservative majority.
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