{"id":62619,"date":"2026-05-09T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/were-going-backwards-five-civil-rights-activists-slam-the-supreme-courts-gutting-of-voting-rights-act-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:27:00","slug":"were-going-backwards-five-civil-rights-activists-slam-the-supreme-courts-gutting-of-voting-rights-act-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/were-going-backwards-five-civil-rights-activists-slam-the-supreme-courts-gutting-of-voting-rights-act-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re going backwards\u2019: five civil rights activists slam the supreme court\u2019s gutting of Voting Rights Act &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOZXBIbnBZQ19QeUREMjF5V09PTjZQS21BX3preWk5bUU5TjF0SzZES2tTSkY1RDFGZmlCMm1XblBSdnF2VjA2eDl0NDRHdGxNZWhxWlYwQW5JYV9MUXIyblZWaTVmSEpXWmpXajhJMW1ESy1qNXRqQmJ4NnJJZmM1TlEzcnhLTDJSaWcyVzB5U1dINVU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We\u2019re going backwards\u2019: five civil rights activists slam the supreme court\u2019s gutting of Voting Rights Act<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxNSVlQTnJTaUpIanBILUItdU1yWS1zYkZXSlc2eEVORlJ1dF9KczNYLUgtdVlwSXZXb0g0RnVza0x4UlFRdmdQa1pEZUhfMlFld3E1V0FFTHpjM3JNMjhFQ1hlbG9aTUpfWlRRRlV1MXhFdm53NHNVRFpMMFJNM1lCaXliSUt6NXZFVzlvNmdEUkRyaXRxY0FRX1lRUUtwVldLYjR6dTU0eWI3NjlvS1F6bG9VZEo5ak9yYlgtV2JkNmdSbzloblNMQm55b3lvQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Democracy Docket<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQZlZlc2tNX0ViTjZ0VGNGRjBMTjY2ZThMRkh0cWJ1eE50ZUtFMHI3MDZJdnBHcjRUb1p3eWJJYkxZcmNNSnRSajJSR2dkVmswQldwM3Blb1VGWG1nYU1lRGlxX0JWbmJKNGx1WEVxVmFncmtiT0JZcXZYLUM0bFdXQ2dDaGNwdnNyNlk1U0VpQklDLVczWHJMcElhdF9PWVpZelBNVG1VNU9PeTRCS2hHVElR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Court Didn\u2019t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The American Prospect<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4AFBVV95cUxPem1Nd1h6ekV2c0tzVGtBYmxmbGxMQVlVcllObTBoZ3lfay1nejNCeU02N2g5elRnNGlkZ05uQWdCSXZEblc2UXpNbzhaM054NDYtWUNrYjFQSk9TaDZkMjltLVNTeTFHZ2tzY0RubVRvYkFTN2l5ZVBMNngyeEFVclpQNjhJV2hfdG94RHhDdW1SbUdBQlZYaXM1ZkdzOGZuX08tV3VJRkNEVUhia2F6SE5CYmZiT045WnlnM3NYTzZGbVJ4Zkt2M21PbWxUcWhNdzlZR2V0RjNRekVvUlQ1VQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Will SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling disenfranchise voters? | The Excerpt<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">USA Today<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018We\u2019re going backwards\u2019: five civil rights activists slam the supreme court\u2019s gutting of Voting Rights Act&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/were-going-backwards-five-civil-rights-activists-slam-the-supreme-courts-gutting-of-voting-rights-act-the-guardian\/\" 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-62619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62619","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=62619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}