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After Callais, calls to reform Supreme Court grow deafening

Following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) Wednesday, legal scholars and advocates across the country demanded reforms to the Supreme Court to preserve free and fair elections and voting rights in the U.S. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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"Either Democrats are going to fundamentally remake this institution or they are co-signing autocracy."

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Louisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymander

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Early voting was set to begin Saturday in Louisiana’s May 16 primary election, and mail ballots have already been sent out to voters.

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How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Not only was the Supreme Court's Callais decision cynical and wrong, it has now resulted in the Republican governor of Louisiana declaring state of emergency to cancel the ongoing congressional election. If you think this ends in Louisiana or with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

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I wish Congress could stop individual patient’s insurance companies from calling doctors asking them why they’re not prescribing specifically named medications 4 the patient and if they won’t prescribe it then asking for a written reason. That feels like they’re in w pharmacies @crockett.house.gov

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

George Conway is not a Democrat nor Liberal in any kind of way. Any fool who votes for him is just giving away a Democrat position. Periodt.

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Dems shld sue and indict individuals. SCOTUS said potus can’t be prosecuted but not others. If you do something as instructed by the elected or u draw up plans to present to the elected or work in hand w the elected -that u know or shld know he doesn’t have authority for, u shld be held accountable.

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

@juddlegum.bsky.social no harm intended. As a retired healthcare provider, people need the wound care supplies to be paid for. Healing of wounds is important - it can end a life. Abuse? perhaps. And I’d like to know more but I’m just saying be careful how you shape the convo @joyannreid.bsky.social

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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

ICYMI: Wednesday night's show, we talked with LDF's Janai Nelson following her first ever argument before the Supreme Court on the crucial issue of Voting rights. Also, Tara Palmeri makes a fascinating prediction on Trumps pardons; one of which has already come true! www.youtube.com/live/_BhIafw...

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Fight Night: SCOTUS, ICE & Home Depot | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!

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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 17/10/2025

Louisiana v. Callais threatens to gut the Voting Rights Act, the very law that was created to stop states from silencing Black voters. If the Court rules against fair maps, politicians will have even more power to draw districts that dilute Black communities’ voices. #BlackVotersMatter

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2025

12:40 PM ET: Oral arguments in Callais v. Louisiana are over, and the Supreme Court is moving on to its next case. Check out our live blog below for a comprehensive review on our coverage👇 And stay tuned for a round-up of our takeaways, coming soon.

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LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2025

11:37 AM ET: If SCOTUS doesn't eliminate VRA districts entirely, Greim is pushing to make Sec. 2 claims harder to prove. Until now, the Court has held that discriminatory voting practices can be struck down under Sec. 2 even without proof so long as their effects dilute minority voting power.

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Matt Cohen @mattdcohen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Good morning for the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, where hundreds our already gathered to rally in support of the Voting Rights Act. Oral arguments begin in about 30 min in a pivotal case that will decide the future of voting rights in this country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2025

Be sure to follow Democracy Docket reporter @mattdcohen.bsky.social for on the ground coverage, where he'll be giving us a play-by-play from the steps of the Supreme Court.

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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 15/10/2025

Louisiana v. Callais could strip protections for majority-Black voting districts. If Section 2 of the VRA is struck down, communities will lose political power. We are mobilizing nationwide to demand the Court protect Black voters and ensure every voice counts. bit.ly/4hb4zUv

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The Supreme Court’s Next Defining Test for Black Freedom

Louisiana v. Callais is the latest case testing the Voting Rights Act.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 14/10/2025

Callais is the conservative legal movement’s latest vehicle to persuade the Court to do away with the greatest triumph of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/10/2025

We’ll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to defend a fair voting map in Louisiana. Diluting Black voting power is textbook discrimination — we're fighting for fair representation.

Graphic with a protester holding a sign reading "Federal voting rights protections, now!" The graphic reads "Black voters deserve to elect candidates of our choice."

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Roland S. Martin @rolandsmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I’m about to keynote the Freedom Fund Gala at the 83rd NAACP Louisiana State Convention And Leadership Conference. We will stream my speech on the Black Star Network. Watch on the app or at Youtube.com/RolandSMartin #BlackOwnedMediaMatters

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Don’t make the mistake of thinking the MSM is on Democrats side. Their narrative “the shutdown is Dems fault).

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

DALLAS (AP) — Homeland Security revises death toll in Dallas shooting, now says 1 detainee killed and 2 others critically injured.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime…

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

When Trump declared a public safety emergency in D.C. Monday & took control of the Metro Police, also announcing he'd bring in the National Guard, the rules that apply everywhere else were not in play. The situation is unique & it’s important for us to understand. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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When The President Becomes The Police

The Posse Comitatus Act reserves the police power to the states, prohibiting the federal government from using the military for domestic law enforcement absent truly compelling circumstances.

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Watching @cnn-news.bsky.social . That's the @tiffanydcross.bsky.social that I know. This country is now what it always has been. Periodt.

shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I have tried to watch #MSNBC to get a few news updates. When I think about what they did to #JoyAnnReid I get sick in the stomach and have to turn the channel. I know the hosts weren't responsible, but I can't do it w/o thinking about how they get to say anything they want to, but the black woman...

shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

@joy.msnbc.com I saw the clip of you on @cnn.com . I was glad to see it but it came as no surprise to me. Your brilliance is unmatched. The "newer" analysts don't have the knowledge base. If you're going to be on it regularly I'll start watching it.

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I’m just out here tryna make sense out of nonsense. What is to stop a person who has sovereign power without consequence. Who is going to challenge the highest court “unceasingly” about the decision that “the elected” can’t be prosecuted? It is a dictatorship @democracydocket

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shrlkae @shrlkae.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

#fantasia when in there on #americanidol and improved every single performance. She put some soul in them. That’ my girl- always has been and always will be. #blacksky

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/04/2025

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An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announce.

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Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days

Scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more humanlike to address a severe shortage of transplantable human organs.

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KennyMack1971 @kennymack1971.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

He’s never getting over that roasting PBO laid on him… Rent. Free.

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@velshi.bsky.social This is not a dig; just a reality. When you’re rich and famous you say stuff like nobody wants tshirt and sock manufacturing to come back to the U.S. - what’s wrong with having that in Made in USA. That’s our problem over here. We think we’re too good/better than… #velshi

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Maria Kumar saying “where are the Democrats? WhereTH were the immigrants she is on there defending? Sitting back talking about a woman shldn’t be POTUS? Or running around saying some of their own cultures needed to be sent back? Anywhere but voting for the Dem candidate? @theweekendmsnbc.bsky.social

Also is Biden still too old fa y’all?

When you chose not to vote for the Dem POTUS candidate were you thinking about your autistic child, mentally challenged brother, mama’s and grandma’s social security checks then? #AskingForAFriend

Now calling a sudden everyone just loves immigrants. But y’all didn’t love them when you either didn’t vote for a potus candidate or voted for the elected.

I’m not going to stop saying it. So-called white Dems went in there and voted for Dems up and down the ballot. Then either didn’t vote for POTUS or voted for the elected. #ThatsWhatHadHappened

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Immigrants AND so called white Dems all took the hard work that black folks had been doing for decades for granted. The rights we fought for protected “everyone”. Folks thought we’d pull it through once again and they’d get to brag that they didn’t participate. Now want us to save them again

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Listen, I am just as disgusted by what they’re doing to immigrants as anyone else. Most came here bc of oppression then forgot to stand up for/against any notion of oppression against others; and thereby themselves as well. Now look at the mess they have brought on themselves