Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, leader of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) strongly condemns the recent Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case. As the premier Black heritage and learned society, ASALH and its leadership knows this is yet another marker in the ongoing fight to secure and protect our vote—a struggle against disenfranchisement that we have been engaged in since the early 1800s.
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Posted inElections 2026
SCOTUS Voting Rights decision is ‘almost as bad as it gets’
By undercutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has fundamentally altered the rules of representation, setting off a new era of legal and political battles over who gets power — and who loses it.
Posted inPolitics
Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court heard arguments on October 15 that could potentially gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act, which would boost Republican electoral prospects, particularly in the South.
Posted inPolitics
High court upholds South Carolina redistricting, displacing Black voters
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated South Carolina’s redrawn congressional map, ruling that it was not unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, despite a lower court’s finding that it had illegally removed 30,000 Black voters to favor a White Republican candidate.
Posted inNational News
Supreme Court eases path for discrimination claims in job transfers
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sgt. Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow, who alleged she was reassigned to a less prestigious role within the St. Louis Police Department because of her gender, making it easier for workers to pursue employment discrimination claims related to job transfers.