Louisiana v. Callais · ¶140

Bolden, as the majority notes, triggered “an avalanche of criticism, both in the media and within the civil rights community.” Ante, at 95 (quoting Allen, 599 U. S., at 11). This Court recently noted a few of the assessments. “[T]he biggest step backwards in civil rights” to come from the Court since the Voting Rights Act's passage. Allen, 599 U. S., at 11 (quoting N. Y. Times, Apr. 23, 1980, p. A22). And a “major defeat for blacks and other minorities fghting electoral schemes that exclude them from office.” Allen, 599 U. S., at 11–12 (quoting Washington Post, Apr. 23, 1980, p. A5).

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