Wrote about the only consistent principal among SCOTUS conservatives in voting cases is "we should disenfranchise Black voters at every opportunity." Without that single understanding, their actions over just the last few months (let alone years) makes no sense. But with it, it's very clear.
Mike Masnick
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have One Consistent Rule: Black Votes Shouldn’t Count
The Supreme Court's conservatives have spent years systematically dismantling the…
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/03/the-supreme-courts-conservatives-have-one-consistent-rule-black-votes-shouldnt-count/
The Supreme Court's conservatives have spent years systematically dismantling the Voting Rights Act, but the last seven months have been something else — a rapid-fire series of emergency docket rulings, procedural maneuvers, and carefully worded opinions that, taken together, make it effectively impossible to challenge racial gerrymandering. Not difficult. Impossible. And Justice Alito, in particular, seems almost gleeful in how mask-off he is in enabling the suppression of Black votes.
