{"id":61818,"date":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-supreme-court-sapping-black-voting-power-was-not-an-accident-slate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:00:00","slug":"the-supreme-court-sapping-black-voting-power-was-not-an-accident-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-supreme-court-sapping-black-voting-power-was-not-an-accident-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident &#8211; Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPNTRnY2RfaWxScXlzZ2NmdWFzVkxTRUFfbGlnSk9FNEZGYk1ndXZ5eDBzYVlTeVJxMnh6ZnVHRDR6eUpWdXRsMHRaWEtneE9lYk1jLWQ3OXo3VUxmSXgzWmJsVnh5aDQtTGc2X2tfUWpmd2VhZHJ6TnprblhtZ1BjT0p1ZHZuQWlxNkVhRk5HRkNIblBYdXA3TnFLNWh3a1lmVEd3SktyWUc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Slate<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOQ2taQVE5M08zdXlwRDh6SDlSOTJFTjI5TXR0M2toVVE5azhhYUN6MjcyX21wLXk5NEVVWncxR2M5MXhKMUdRb0Myb1NxeFoyWFR1M3l1Z2g1S2JobjR4VTNHNUhBSHRtTWQ0MHFQdDJXYmxUZWxUN2pST1E1MHNYUFV6TFFIeVNCbjZlcUM4VGtCYkdPazYzVlFpNlNBYUJi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme court\u2019s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPM29rdlJfT25nR180blpCSWtCWFU1OTNtNUdqeEp5NjFlTXRTSnN2R0FVck1uenBPNnNXZkpLejBLWUFYenJ4NURTa1JqQVdoeXJGYmRJS2RjZDBHRUdoMDNtSW8tdTNoU2ZCaF9FVHlzWWRqbHdLRWwyemRnM0ZydVpoRHhSSExNNjhUQnRZVzdIaE5VdHdmdTR6dzl0NEk5Q0JmTk9Dbl9lNnhiYV9ldEZfaGI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | The Supreme Court\u2019s redistricting ruling could backfire badly on the GOP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPcXlHWG41UXdEZzNFUTN2dkh2THk4ai1UTF8xNWctS3ZOS2hRN0IwMll6emZzN1VybDVEWkhqODBGMFM1OVR2OHRxU0Z2cGpMeTFxVGIxZ25qbVBGMWVIZGYxei1zTW5EM0lmRFllUXBOemVrREc1VjhEbGctenNBeUhVb0dsazc2d3BtMzdPMThMSXpUem9wRDRIYmU3bUlTVDdmSzBDb29weTdhc1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blame John Roberts for Destroying the Voting Rights Act<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Mother Jones<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQcXd0dkRCbF9Rb0dOZHpKdUpJbHpXS0VhY1FkeTJscWdVX2pVWEtHbFNPQnRzWW5XTEp5Q3NUVnNfTkpyTnlraGh4eWdfUU13bUgySDZCRlBob0JwWEl2R19ma2NfbzB1SXBZaU4zZWNRekFzS0RRVFo3U0tLM2t2SUZmTThMc2xHcEd3Nkl2UFRRelZ0MjVHM1dxbUNhTzJqdWh2Nk9iTG55TDFqdFVQeG9HeUo0UmRw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Federal appellate court scraps its ruling against Louisiana\u2019s legislative boundaries<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Louisiana Illuminator<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Sapping Black Voting Power Was Not an Accident&nbsp;&nbsp;Slate Supreme court\u2019s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian Opinion |&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/08\/the-supreme-court-sapping-black-voting-power-was-not-an-accident-slate\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}