2025-10-16
15 分钟Good morning. It's Thursday, October 16th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, why journalists who walked out of the Pentagon yesterday aren't welcome back,
how the VA's disability program became a target for fraud, and illegal battle over uncrustables.
But first, to a case before the Supreme Court that could weaken the Voting Rights Act.
Its outcome could also shape how representation of marginalized groups is reflected in Congress,
and it could affect the upcoming midterms.
The Voting Rights Act's Section 2 is intended to ensure minority groups aren't shut out of the electoral process through redistricting,
and that's what's at stake here.
Yesterday, justices heard oral arguments over Louisiana's electoral map.
It's a state where a third of the population is black,
but until recently, only one of its six congressional districts were majority black.
The issue has gone back and forth in the courts,
and after a legal challenge compelled the state to add a second majority black district,
a self-described non-African-American group of voters has responded by challenging that.
They alleged that by considering race in drawing the new map to remedy what was a violation under the Voting Rights Act,
the state actually violated the 14th and 15th Amendment of the US Constitution,
which prohibits based discrimination and protects right to vote.
That's Lawrence Hurley, senior Supreme Court reporter at NBC News.