GOP bullish on dismantling Voting Rights Act [View all]

Source: The Hill

07/31/25 6:10 AM ET


Republicans are increasingly bullish they can whittle away at the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as Democrats renew a long-shot effort to broaden the landmark law that turns 60 next week.

The Supreme Court could become the arbiter of Republicans’ efforts, with a major Louisiana redistricting battle set for rehearing next term and other battles bubbling up in the lower courts.

The conservative-majority high court has already eviscerated significant parts of the VRA, but the new legal fronts could reshape decades-long precedent of legal battles over political power. “There are clouds around, and a lot of them are circling the Supreme Court at the moment,” said Adriel Cepeda Derieux, the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Voting Rights Project.

With Democrats viewing the law as under siege from federal court rulings, a group of Democratic senators reintroduced a bill Tuesday that would restore and expand protections of the VRA.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5428699-supreme-court-voting-rights/