The former FBI director denied that a photo he posted of seashells spelling “86 47” was intended to threaten the president. He has vowed to fight the case.
The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.
As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, seniors are advocating for protections for their immigrant caregivers.
Although the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.
The Supreme Court ruled limited a key provision of the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, handing a loss to civil rights groups. Why it matters: The ruling could reshape voting all across the South and could boost the Republican majority in the House by an additional 19 seats when compared to 2024 maps. - The Louisiana v. Callais ruling does not erase Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but it effectively neuters it. The court rewrote the test used to apply Section 2 in such a way that it can only take effect as long as protected seats don't infringe on the right of state lawmakers to draw partisan gerrymanders. Driving the news: In a majority opinion , Justice Samuel Alito said that "because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to…