We could lose big time next week

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will rehear a case whose outcome would effectively end one of the last remaining protections against racially discriminatory voting maps. At stake is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the federal law’s central safeguard against racial gerrymanders...

...“Republican lawmakers could eliminate both minority opportunity districts while drawing a map that locks in Republican control,” the report adds. “The single minority opportunity district in Mississippi could be eliminated if Section 2 is struck down – eradicating Black voters’ ability to elect any candidate of their choice to Congress in the Blackest state in America.”...

U.S. Capitol Police officers stand post behind the temporary anti-scaling fence surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court ruling that Louisiana must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections to increase Black voting power. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will rehear a case whose outcome would effectively end one of the last remaining protections against racially discriminatory voting maps. At stake is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the federal law’s central safeguard against racial gerrymanders.

“Combined with Republicans’ mid-decade gerrymandering, a ruling gutting Section 2 could help secure an additional 27 safe Republican U.S. House seats, at least 19 directly tied to the loss of Section 2,” the report explains. “It’s enough to cement one-party control of the U.S. House for at least a generation.”

...Along with the GOP’s aggressive mid-decade redistricting in red states, the report concludes that “a decision to strike down Section 2 could essentially take America back to pre-1965, when there were no effective protections against racially discriminatory voting maps.”

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