Supreme Court fast-tracks Voting Rights Act ruling for midterms

The US Supreme Court has taken the rare step of allowing its recent decision gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act to take immediate effect, clearing the way for Louisiana Republicans to redraw congressional maps before this November's midterm elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly blasted the move, noting the court has expedited a ruling only twice in the past 25 years. The decision hands Louisiana's GOP-controlled legislature a fast track to reshape districts that could dilute Black voting power.