History Listory

2025

2025-09-15 Jacqueline De Leon of the Native American Rights Fund was interviewed by Katie Phang, stating how Native American rights are impacted by voting discrimination rulings. She discussed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act potentially being on the chopping block by fall.

2026-04-29 SCOTUS struck down a Louisiana redistricting map by a vote of 6-3. SCOTUS also destroyed key voting rights provisions in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which was originally designed to outlaw discriminatory voting practices that would disenfranchise Black voters.

https://www.cato.org/blog/america-has-changed-so-voting-rights-act-section-5-no-longer-constitutional

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-redistricting-louisiana-aa5d7dbde7c13654f341d152c2ad5229

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/in-major-voting-rights-act-case-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racia/

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-strikes-down-louisiana-map-and-destroys-key-voting-rights-act-provision

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/03/nx-s1-5806270/in-louisiana-case-the-supreme-court-weakens-a-central-part-of-the-voting-rights-act

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting-ruling-take-effect-immediately-alito-jackson/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anVvwhRtSAo&list=WL&index=2&t=128s