Civil-Rights-Rollback

Supreme Court Expands Louisiana Redistricting Case to Challenge Section 2 of Voting Rights Act

2025-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

The Supreme Court took the extraordinary step of expanding the legal questions in Louisiana v. Callais (Nos. 24-109, 24-110), ordering supplemental briefs on whether creating majority-minority districts to remedy Voting Rights Act violations violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments. The …

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Hans von Spakovsky Overrules DOJ Career Staff to Approve Georgia Voter ID Law Targeting Black Voters

2005-08-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Hans von Spakovsky, serving as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, led the department’s approval of Georgia’s controversial photo ID law in August 2005 despite unanimous objections from career Justice Department attorneys and …

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