“The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act”

Commentary by Elie Mystal in The Nation :

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais , a case about whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prevents white people from overrepresenting themselves in Congress. Oral arguments can sometimes sound like the justices are deliberating great and technical points of law, but the outcome in this case was decided long before the lawyers arrived at the courthouse. The six Republican justices are going to declare the Voting Rights Act inert and allow the dilution of Black voting rights through racist gerrymandering.…