TopicsPosts Tagged ‘elections’
‘Debases the democratic process’: Sotomayor pens scathing dissent as Supreme Court allows racist Alabama map
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on June 03, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The US Supreme Court late Tuesday gave Alabama a green light to use an aggressively gerrymandered congressional map that a lower court said was “tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.” The unsigned decision, from which the high court’s three liberal justices dissented, enables Alabama’s Republican-dominated…Read More
‘Tragic day for the freedom to vote’: Supreme Court guts remnants of Voting Rights Act
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on April 29, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana must redraw its 2024 congressional map—which created a second majority-Black district to mitigate persistent barriers to equal representation—in a decision that further guts the already tattered Voting Rights Act. The justices ruled 6-3 along ideological…Read More
Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
Congress members of the Hispanic Caucus speak out on their concerns on ICE and Border Patrol, with their first question being: why is an additional $70 billion needed after the record breaking $140 billion allocated last year from the Big Beautiful Bill? The budget for ICE has already increased by 400% within the past year, so speculation as to how…Read More