{"id":2499335,"date":"2025-10-15T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:10:47","slug":"kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"KBJ Suggests Black People Can&#8217;t Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2499335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a challenge to louisiana&#8217;s congressional redistricting plan.Democrat-appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested that race should remain a factor in drawing districts because Black voters face systemic barriers to voting, which she likened to disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Jackson argued that minorities, including Black people, are &#8220;disabled&#8221; in terms of access to voting, and that remedies addressing past racial discrimination remain necessary. <\/p>\n<p>The case centers on claims that Louisiana&#8217;s congressional map violates the 14th Amendment&#8217;s equal protection clause and the Voting Rights Act by either diluting Black voting strength or unlawfully prioritizing race. The state initially created one Black-majority district, leading to a lawsuit and a subsequent redraw adding a second Black-majority district. This triggered another legal challenge asserting that race was improperly used in the redistricting process.<\/p>\n<p>During arguments, Louisiana&#8217;s counsel argued against race-based redistricting, calling it unconstitutional and relying on racial stereotypes. Supporters of the majority-Black districts, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including civil rights advocates<\/a>, insisted the maps ensure fair participation and remedy discrimination. The Supreme Court had originally planned to decide the case in its 2024-2025 term but will rehear it in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes some controversy around comments made by Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, related to her remarks honoring a convicted figure considered a &#8220;freedom fighter.&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/double-murderer-whom-biden-sprung-from-death-row-is-now-demanding-an-even-bigger-gift\/\" title=\"Double Murderer Whom Biden Sprung from Death Row Is Now Demanding an Even Bigger Gift\">case highlights ongoing debates<\/a> over the constitutionality and fairness of race-conscious electoral districting in America.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MHSzBAbsceo\">CBS SUNDAY MORNING\/ YOUTUBE<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/15\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote-compares-them-to-the-disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=KBJ%20Suggests%20Black%20People%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Vote,%20Compares%20Them%20To%20The%20Disabled&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/15\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote-compares-them-to-the-disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=KBJ%20Suggests%20Black%20People%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Vote,%20Compares%20Them%20To%20The%20Disabled&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/15\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote-compares-them-to-the-disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/15\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote-compares-them-to-the-disabled\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=KBJ%20Suggests%20Black%20People%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Vote,%20Compares%20Them%20To%20The%20Disabled&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/15\/kbj-suggests-black-people-cant-vote-compares-them-to-the-disabled\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WDg1F_M4-fc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oral arguments<\/a> for a major case that could put an end to race-based gerrymandering on Wednesday, Democrat-appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested that race should be a consideration when drawing congressional districts because black people are systemically &ldquo;disabled&rdquo; and don&rsquo;t have proper access to voting systems.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson drew a comparison between the redistricting cases in question,&nbsp;<em>Louisiana v. Callais <\/em>and <em>Robinson v. Callais<\/em>, and accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act. She implied that minorities like black people are systemically blocked from accessing voting polls (a demonstrably false claim) and compared this to disabled people not being able to access a building. She used this faulty comparison to bolster her underlying argument that past race-based discrimination should allow for a present race-based remedy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2066762733\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act against the backdrop of a world that was generally not accessible to people with disabilities, and so it was discriminatory in effect because these folks were not able to access these buildings,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/argument_transcripts\/2025\/24-109_feah.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jackson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1978498569779737089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. She argued that whether such discrimination is intentional is irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guess I don&rsquo;t understand why that&rsquo;s not what&rsquo;s happening here. &hellip; We are responding to current-day manifestations of past and present decisions that disadvantage minorities and make it so that they don&rsquo;t have equal access to the voting system, right? They&rsquo;re disabled. &hellip; We say that&rsquo;s a way in which you see that these processes are not equally open.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/intro.9-3-6\/ALDE_00000119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">case<\/a> considers possible 14th Amendment violations of a congressional district map in Louisiana. As The Federalist&rsquo;s Shawn Fleetwood has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/13\/in-race-based-redistricting-battle-louisiana-urges-scotus-to-uphold-americas-color-blind-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, the&nbsp;origins of the&nbsp;case date back to 2022, &ldquo;when the Louisiana Legislature drafted a congressional map with a single black-majority district.&rdquo; This led to a lawsuit by a group of plaintiffs &mdash; &ldquo;represented by left-wing groups like the ACLU&rdquo; &mdash; who alleged that the map violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by &ldquo;dilut[ing] black voting strength.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Following an injunction barring the map&rsquo;s implementation by a district court judge, continued litigation in the case ultimately resulted in the state redrawing the map to include a second black-majority district. This led to another lawsuit from a different group of plaintiffs, who claimed the state unlawfully prioritized race in the map&rsquo;s creation and therefore violated the 14th Amendment&rsquo;s equal protection clause,&rdquo; Fleetwood reported. &ldquo;A three-judge panel on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-urges-scotus-to-end-race-based-redistricting\/\" title=\"Louisiana Urges SCOTUS To End ...\">separate district court agreed<\/a> with these plaintiffs and blocked the new map&rsquo;s implementation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court was initially slated to decide the case during its 2024-2025 term, but announced in June that it would rehear the case this fall.<\/p>\n<p>During oral arguments on Wednesday, counsel for Louisiana argued that &ldquo;race-based redistricting is fundamentally contrary to our Constitution,&rdquo; and draws on &ldquo;racial stereotypes&rdquo; assuming that &ldquo;a black voter, simply because he is black, must think like other black voters, share the same interests, and prefer the same political candidates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Janai Nelson, arguing in favor of the second majority-black district, alleged that several lower court judges had acknowledged discriminatory practices in Louisiana&rsquo;s maps, and claimed that &ldquo;Louisiana&rsquo;s creation of a district to remedy that discrimination and to ensure that black Louisianans have an equal opportunity to participate in the process is constitutional.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1978477762533789883\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mourned <\/a>the death of Assata Shakur &mdash; who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/convicted-cop-killer-assata-shakur-an-fbi-most-wanted-terrorist-dead-cuba-communist-regime-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convicted<\/a> of killing a state trooper and was added to the FBI&rsquo;s most wanted terrorists list &mdash; as a &ldquo;freedom fighter&rdquo; and &ldquo;example of undaunted resistance and resilience.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Catherine Gripp is a graduate of Arizona Christian University where she earned a degree in communication and a minor in political science. 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