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  1. Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court.

    One of the simplest and most immediate steps Americans can take regain control of their rights is to simply vote and force accountability on politicians. “Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,”

    slate.com/news-and-politics/20

    Paywall free version archive.ph/vNuUe

    #VRA #Voting #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #Slavery #JimCrow #CivilRights #CivilRightsAct #SupremeCourt #constitution #USconstitution #Callais

  2. Their Loved Ones Died to Give Us the Voting Rights Act. They Have a Message for the Supreme Court.

    One of the simplest and most immediate steps Americans can take regain control of their rights is to simply vote and force accountability on politicians. “Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,”

    slate.com/news-and-politics/20

    Paywall free version archive.ph/vNuUe

    #VRA #Voting #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #Slavery #JimCrow #CivilRights #CivilRightsAct #SupremeCourt #constitution #USconstitution #Callais

  3. Birthdays are for kids.

    I don’t think the #US needs a sad drunk clown. Oh yeah, right, they elected one.

    #Trump isn’t a “drunk”, but he is constantly wired on Adderall.

    Still, after you’re old enough to #vote or drink, nobody gives a shit.

    I guess that means the US should’ve stopped having birthday parties in 1965, when Black women were finally allowed to vote under the #VotingRightsAct.

    I guess this should be a day of mourning, as #JohnRoberts#SCOTUS has made gutting the #VRA a priority.

  4. Birthdays are for kids.

    I don’t think the #US needs a sad drunk clown. Oh yeah, right, they elected one.

    #Trump isn’t a “drunk”, but he is constantly wired on Adderall.

    Still, after you’re old enough to #vote or drink, nobody gives a shit.

    I guess that means the US should’ve stopped having birthday parties in 1965, when Black women were finally allowed to vote under the #VotingRightsAct.

    I guess this should be a day of mourning, as #JohnRoberts#SCOTUS has made gutting the #VRA a priority.

  5. In 2025, an #Arkansas appeals panel severely limited how the Voting Rights Act can be enforced. It eliminates a vital mechanism for communities of color and voters with disabilities to challenge discriminatory voting practices.

    The case was appealed to the #SupremeCourt. The Court declined to review, leaving in place the lower court ruling.

    The decision strips the private right to sue under Section 208 of the landmark civil rights Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or those unable to read or write to receive voting assistance from a person of their choice.

    They seem to think if they can stop us from voting, they can stop us from rising. They will not.

    npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-58635

    #VotingRightsAct #uspol #voting #discrimination #disability #StillWeRise #illiteracy

  6. In 2025, an #Arkansas appeals panel severely limited how the Voting Rights Act can be enforced. It eliminates a vital mechanism for communities of color and voters with disabilities to challenge discriminatory voting practices.

    The case was appealed to the #SupremeCourt. The Court declined to review, leaving in place the lower court ruling.

    The decision strips the private right to sue under Section 208 of the landmark civil rights Voting Rights Act, which allows voters with a disability or those unable to read or write to receive voting assistance from a person of their choice.

    They seem to think if they can stop us from voting, they can stop us from rising. They will not.

    npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-58635

    #VotingRightsAct #uspol #voting #discrimination #disability #StillWeRise #illiteracy

  7. Worse things are happening now, @geoffcmason, than happened decades ago. For example the Supreme Court issued a racist opinion (called Callais) which pretty much destroyed the #VotingRightsAct.

  8. Worse things are happening now, @geoffcmason, than happened decades ago. For example the Supreme Court issued a racist opinion (called Callais) which pretty much destroyed the #VotingRightsAct.

  9. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  10. Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

    #RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

  11. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  12. #Black Americans have carried extraordinary burdens in the #UnitedStates, not only to exercise their own rights but also to make the country a #democracy. The #VotingRightsAct, passed in 1965 & strengthened in the decades that followed, had protected them from #RacialGerrymandering that divided them across multiple districts to blunt the impact of their votes. This was just one of a multitude of tactics Southern officials used to limit Black #suffrage & stifle competition during #JimCrow.

    #law

  13. When the two sides differ, @volkris, you agreed with what the Republican majority on the Supreme Court wrote, and I agreed with what the Democratic minority wrote. People including Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor certainly read and understood the cases, but she did not reach the same #racist conclusion as Samuel Alito did, for example, in cases that undermined the #VotingRightsAct. #HumanRights

  14. When the two sides differ, @volkris, you agreed with what the Republican majority on the Supreme Court wrote, and I agreed with what the Democratic minority wrote. People including Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor certainly read and understood the cases, but she did not reach the same #racist conclusion as Samuel Alito did, for example, in cases that undermined the #VotingRightsAct. #HumanRights

  15. Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

    The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

    #redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

  16. Over the course of several months, #SCOTUS has had a hand in congressional maps in Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Virginia & California. Most of those decisions have benefited the #Republican Party.

    The Alabama case is also the latest “emergency” order tied to the court’s April decision on the #VotingRightsAct, in which a 6-3 majority gutted the ability of groups to bring claims of racial #discrimination under that 1965 landmark #law.

    #redistricting #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump #ActivistCourt

  17. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  18. > It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

    To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

    #motherjones #scotus #votingrightsact #louisiana
    #Tennessee #florida
    #alabama #supremecourt
    #ariberman #pemalevy
    #midterms2026 #midtermelections
    #uspol

    motherjones.zoom.us/webinar/re

  19. CONSERVATIVES: Well, you women haven't lost the vote YET. So what are you complaining about?

    WOMEN: You. We're complaining about you.

    #conservatives #VotingRightsAct #Republicans #SAVEAMERICAAct #PROJECT2025

  20. CONSERVATIVES: Well, you women haven't lost the vote YET. So what are you complaining about?

    WOMEN: You. We're complaining about you.

    #conservatives #VotingRightsAct #Republicans #SAVEAMERICAAct #PROJECT2025

  21. "We can do so much better than this. A growing body of research strongly suggests that Americans of all types, including Latinos, would benefit from a move to a fairer system for all voters, one that aligns voters’ actual preferences more closely with our electoral outcomes, and where every vote matters."

    #ProportionalRepresentation #gerrymandering #California #democracy #VotingRightsAct

    democracyjournal.org/arguments

  22. "We can do so much better than this. A growing body of research strongly suggests that Americans of all types, including Latinos, would benefit from a move to a fairer system for all voters, one that aligns voters’ actual preferences more closely with our electoral outcomes, and where every vote matters."

    #ProportionalRepresentation #gerrymandering #California #democracy #VotingRightsAct

    democracyjournal.org/arguments

  23. #Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority #Black District

    Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a new congressional map that would eliminate 1 of the state’s 2 majority-Black districts, making it the second Southern state to draw & approve carving out such a district since #SCOTUS weakened the #VotingRightsAct​ last month.

    #law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #ActivistCourt #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #redistricting #gerrymandering
    nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/poli

  24. #Louisiana Approves Map Eliminating a Majority #Black District

    Louisiana lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a new congressional map that would eliminate 1 of the state’s 2 majority-Black districts, making it the second Southern state to draw & approve carving out such a district since #SCOTUS weakened the #VotingRightsAct​ last month.

    #law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VRA #Trump #BigLie #ActivistCourt #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #redistricting #gerrymandering
    nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/poli

  25. The political drama in #SouthCarolina is part of a #Republican strategy—propelled by #Trump — to redraw voting districts to the #GOP’s advantage in an attempt to hold on to a slim #House majority in the #midterms. #Republicans have been moving quickly to try to leverage a recent #SCOTUS ruling that weakened minority protections under the federal #VotingRightsAct.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow

  26. The political drama in #SouthCarolina is part of a #Republican strategy—propelled by #Trump — to redraw voting districts to the #GOP’s advantage in an attempt to hold on to a slim #House majority in the #midterms. #Republicans have been moving quickly to try to leverage a recent #SCOTUS ruling that weakened minority protections under the federal #VotingRightsAct.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow

  27. If the case makes it to #SCOTUS, it will be the first major test of the high court’s new standard for challenging congressional maps. The lower court judges made clear that they had reviewed the arguments through the lens of the Supreme Court’s #VotingRightsAct ruling last month but maintained that the state’s map failed under the new standard by intentionally discriminating against #Black voters.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

  28. If the case makes it to #SCOTUS, it will be the first major test of the high court’s new standard for challenging congressional maps. The lower court judges made clear that they had reviewed the arguments through the lens of the Supreme Court’s #VotingRightsAct ruling last month but maintained that the state’s map failed under the new standard by intentionally discriminating against #Black voters.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #law #WhiteSupremacy #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

  29. The ruling further confuses the electoral landscape across the #South, as #Republican-led legislatures have raced to implement new district lines after #SCOTUS narrowed the #VotingRightsAct of 1965. It also demonstrates how the ruling from the nation’s highest court has further muddled how lower courts interpret the landmark #CivilRights #law.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

  30. The ruling further confuses the electoral landscape across the #South, as #Republican-led legislatures have raced to implement new district lines after #SCOTUS narrowed the #VotingRightsAct of 1965. It also demonstrates how the ruling from the nation’s highest court has further muddled how lower courts interpret the landmark #CivilRights #law.

    #VotingRights #VRA #redistricting #ElectionLaw #RepresentationMatters #WhiteSupremacy #gerrymandering #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #Trump

  31. In a letter sent to >250 companies, members of the #BlackCaucus urge them to condemn the #redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers describe as “coordinated efforts to silence #Black voices at the ballot box.” Some of the #corporations had co-signed their own message to #Congress 5 years ago urging lawmakers to pass the #JohnLewis #VotingRightsAct, a Democratic proposal to restore & update the #VRA.

    #CBC #VotingRights #RacialJustice #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #election #RepresentationMatters

  32. In a letter sent to >250 companies, members of the #BlackCaucus urge them to condemn the #redistricting efforts, which the lawmakers describe as “coordinated efforts to silence #Black voices at the ballot box.” Some of the #corporations had co-signed their own message to #Congress 5 years ago urging lawmakers to pass the #JohnLewis #VotingRightsAct, a Democratic proposal to restore & update the #VRA.

    #CBC #VotingRights #RacialJustice #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #election #RepresentationMatters

  33. Supreme Court Decision Reshapes Voting Rights Landscape, Local Impact Magnified

    New Supreme Court rule makes it harder to prove racial bias in voting maps. Affects 17 lawsuits and minority voters.

    #VotingRightsAct, #SupremeCourt, #ElectionLaw, #RacialBias, #VoterRights

    newsletter.tf/supreme-court-vo

  34. Calling white folk. Calling Allies. SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) Mass call Wednesday night May 20 at 8 PM. Us white folk need to stay ultra committed in this time of redistricting.
    Link below to join the conversation tomorrow night and learn from decades of lessons from movements for change and how we can stay in this fight and neutralize the supreme court’s decimation of the #VotingRightsAct. #Resist

    mobilize.us/s/qfhZvI