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Supreme Court Guts the Voting Rights Act: 15 Black House Seats at Risk — Worst Since Reconstruction
In Callais v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires proof of intentional discrimination — overriding a 1982 amendment Congress passed specifically to prevent that standard. NPR analysis: 15 Black-held House seats are now vulnerable to gerrymandering. Kagan in dissent: the ruling "eviscerates the law." It is the largest threat to Black representation in Congress since the end of Reconstruction.
Leaked SCOTUS Memos Expose the Shadow Docket Machine: 25 Trump Wins, 7 Without a Word of Explanation
Leaked internal Supreme Court memos reveal how the "shadow docket" was born — and how it has since delivered Trump roughly 25 victories without full briefing, oral arguments, or signed opinions. The administration filed 34 emergency applications in one year (vs. 19 in all four Biden years). Seven rulings had zero written explanation. The court is governing by unsigned orders.