Supreme Court reconsidereing the Voting Rights Act

 Rotimi Adeoye, MSNBC -  The Supreme Court last week announced it wants to reconsider one of the core assumptions behind the Voting Rights Act: whether it’s even constitutional to intentionally draw congressional districts where Black or Latino voters make up the majority. The justices requested new briefing in a Louisiana redistricting case, asking whether the creation of a second majority-Black district, meant to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), might violate the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. It’s a quiet but seismic signal. The Court isn’t just skeptical of the VRA’s power. It’s asking whether the law’s foundational remedy, majority-minority districts, is itself illegal.   Full column