“Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act? The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation; A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.” Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.
Patrick Marley and Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court reopens debate on key part of Voting Rights Act; The case, to be argued Wednesday, has major implications for who gets elected to Congress and state legislatures.”
And in commentary, in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, columnist Jason L. Riley will have an op-ed titled “Racial Gerrymandering Is a Bad Idea Whose Time Has Gone; The Supreme Court takes up segregated political maps, a temporary remedy that has lingered on.”
“Reagan Judges Are Unrestrained Critics of Trump’s Legal Moves”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Brian Dowling of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Supreme Court punts on questions involving juries; Two very different questions involving juries won’t be answered by the U.S. Supreme Court this term”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue; Arguments by former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey that abortion regulations do not cause ‘irreparable harm’ to patients is ‘disingenuous,’ an appeals court concluded”: Anna Spoerre of Missouri Independent has this report on a decision that the Missouri Court of Appeals issued today.
“Students Lose Free Speech Appeal Over ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Shirts”: Quinn Wilson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.