Carrie Johnson
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4 Sep
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And, you know, the Supreme Court kind of looked at birthright citizenship earlier, but it did not get to the central issue of what it meant.
Instead, it took a case earlier on that had to do with universal injunctions.
And so this is the court deciding really at the most basic level who is an American.
Yeah, this is a case out of Louisiana, and it basically concerns Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
That is considered to be the crown jewel of civil rights legislation in this country.
And basically, it prohibits treating people differently in the voting context on the basis of race.
Remember, this Supreme Court back in 2013 basically gutted another major part of the Voting Rights Act that had to do with preclearance, preapproval of voting changes in states with a history of discrimination.
So now we have another major section of this law
potentially in peril at the Supreme Court.
And really, the way the court decides this case could have huge impacts around the country for drawing maps in the future.
Some voting rights groups filed a brief in this case saying that depending on how the Supreme Court rules,
The Congressional Black Caucus could lose up to 30% of its members, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus could lose up to 11% of its members.
It could have a big impact on who sits in Congress moving forward.
One more thing here.
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh have expressed, you know, in the past pretty openly that they believe some of the changes that were imposed
under the Voting Rights Act back in the 1960s have a time limit on them.
And that time may be coming due soon.
Yeah, this case involves a law in Mississippi that allows these mail-in ballots to be counted as long as they're received within five business days after Election Day.
And so it's really important because President Trump and some of his allies have been arguing that Election Day should be Election Day.
People should go to the polls on Election Day.
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