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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a majority-black congressional district in Louisiana in a 6-3 vote.
The Supreme Court's ruling on a Louisiana congressional district sharply limited the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly black or Hispanic election districts.
Rick Hassan characterized the Supreme Court's recent voting rights decision as an "earthquake" and one of the most significant election-related decisions the court has ever issued.
Justice Samuel Alito's opinion in the recent voting rights case is viewed as having effectively eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The new legal test established by Justice Alito for Voting Rights Act claims will be virtually impossible for minority voters to win.
The Supreme Court's ruling allows states to defend the drawing of district lines that dilute minority voter power by claiming it was done for partisan political advantage.
Since the Supreme Court's 2021 Brnovich v. DNC decision, there have been no successful cases under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act outside of redistricting.
Justice Elena Kagan asserted that the Supreme Court's recent decision completes a three-step plan to eliminate the protections of the Voting Rights Act, which began with the 2013 Shelby County case.
Progressive groups estimate that up to 19 Democratic congressional districts and nearly 200 Democratic-held state legislative seats in the South are at risk due to the Supreme Court's voting rights decision.
Bayer has faced more than 100,000 lawsuits alleging its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.
Litigation related to its Roundup product has cost Bayer more than $10 billion.
Bayer argues before the Supreme Court that federal law preempts state-level lawsuits because the EPA did not require a cancer warning for its Roundup product.