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What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?

What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?

Rightwing justices in Louisiana v Callais led 6-3 vote to redraw congressional maps in blow to Voting Rights ActThe US supreme court on Wednesday, Louisiana v Callais, relating to how states under the key civil rights statute, the Voting Rights Act.By a margin of 6-3, the rightwing justices who control America’s top court to redraw congressional maps that gave African Americans the chance to elect their candidates of choice proportionate to their population size. The majority dismissed this as an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander”.

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What is the US supreme court’s voting rights ruling about and will it affect midterms?