Jonathan Diaz

Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships, Campaign Legal Center · Person

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Jonathan Diaz - Director of Voting Advocacy and Partnerships, Campaign Legal Center. Tracked across 17 mentions in podcasts and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.

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The Roberts Court has been incrementally weakening the Voting Rights Act for the last 15 years with decisions including Brnovich in 2021 and Shelby County in 2013.

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Following the Supreme Court's Calais decision, Republican-led states in the South are aggressively attempting to redraw congressional maps to eliminate majority-minority districts before the midterm elections.

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The Supreme Court's conservative majority's decision in Calais v. Louisiana gutted the Voting Rights Act.

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The Roberts Court has been incrementally weakening the Voting Rights Act for the last 15 years with decisions including Brnovich in 2021 and Shelby County in 2013.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 9

The Supreme Court's conservative majority's decision in Calais v. Louisiana gutted the Voting Rights Act.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 9

The Supreme Court has affirmed that states can discriminate against voters of color as long as the state claims it is for partisan reasons rather than racial ones.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 9

Jonathan Diaz predicts that if states in the Deep South successfully redraw maps to eliminate Democrats, states like Maryland, Illinois, and Colorado will retaliate with their own partisan gerrymander...

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 9

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina have all announced plans to target majority-minority districts that were created as a result of litigation under the Voting Rights Act.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 9

Tennessee prohibits congressional mid-decade redistricting, but the state legislature could change that law.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

Florida is the only state that has entirely enacted a new congressional map since the Calais decision, passing it within hours of the ruling.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

The Supreme Court's decision in Calais versus Louisiana has fundamentally altered the scope of federal legal protections for voting rights.

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Democratic-led states such as Maryland, Illinois, and Colorado are expected to retaliate against Republican gerrymandering by redrawing their own maps.

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The Supreme Court has functionally made the Voting Rights Act unenforceable despite not explicitly overturning it.

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Litigants in Louisiana are suing the governor based on due process and ultra vires claims, arguing he exceeded his legal authority by rescheduling the primary election.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

The Supreme Court majority has ruled that discriminating against voters because they are Democrats is permissible, even if those voters are predominantly Black or Latino.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina have announced plans to target majority-minority districts in their states for redistricting.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

A bill passed by the House of Representatives that would have banned partisan gerrymandering and mandated independent commissions was uniformly opposed by Republicans.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

The Supreme Court's Purcell principle, which advises against changing election rules close to an election, was not mentioned in the Calais decision.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

The Roberts court has been chipping away at the Voting Rights Act for the last 15 years through a series of decisions.

Expert perspectiveJonathan DiazMay 5

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