“The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
The Supreme Court's decisions in *Shelby County v. Holder* (2013) and *Brnovich v. DNC* (2021), along with the more recent *Louisiana v. Callais* (2026), have been widely characterized by legal scholars, activists, and news outlets as having "gutted" or significantly weakened the enforcement mechani
While "gutted" is a subjective term used in political and legal discourse, it accurately reflects the consensus among many civil rights organizations regarding the impact of these rulings, which removed the preclearance formula (Section 5) and narrowed the scope of legal challenges against discriminatory voting practices (Section 2).
Judged as of Jul 2, 2026— the video's publish date
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled in *Trump v. Slaughter* that the President has the authority to remove members of independent agencies at will, effectively overruling the 1935 precedent of *Humphrey's Executor v. United States*.
In its April 29, 2026, decision in *Louisiana v. Callais*, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a congressional map containing a second majority-Black district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, a move widely characterized by legal scholars and civil rights groups as effectively gutting or evis
In the June 2026 decision *Trump v. Slaughter*, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the president has the authority to remove heads of independent federal agencies without cause, effectively overruling the 1935 precedent *Humphrey's Executor v. United States* for those agencies, though it separately de
The Supreme Court's 2013 decision in *Shelby County v. Holder* invalidated the formula used to determine which jurisdictions were subject to federal preclearance under the Voting Rights Act, and the 2026 ruling in *Louisiana v. Callais* further restricted the Act's enforceability.
On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that states may enforce laws prohibiting transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams in schools and colleges.