Clarence B. Jones, a pivotal speechwriter and confidant of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95, leaving a legacy in the Civil Rights Movement, including co-authoring 'I Have A Dream' and 'Beyond Vietnam' speeches.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along partisan lines that Louisiana's 2024 congressional map with a second majority-Black district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision weakens Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which protected minority voting power in redistricting. A group of non-African-American voters, supported by the Trump administration, challenged the map. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion stating Section 2 does not justify race-based redistricting.
