Join Native News Online editor Levi Rickert on Native Bidaské as he speaks with Judith LeBlanc and Jacqueline De Leon about a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. The conversation focuses on what the ruling means for Native American voting rights and communities.
LeBlanc serves as the executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund, and De Leon is a senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), specializing in voting rights.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s congressional map, ruling that it relied too heavily on race in redrawing district lines. This decision dealt a major blow to the Voting Rights Act.
The 6–3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is being viewed as one of the most consequential voting rights decisions in decades, sharply narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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