the top court in the us ruled today on election laws ahead of the 2024 presidential election. in a 6 3 decision on tuesday, the supreme court rejected the independent state legislature theory, which would have given state legislatures almost unlimited power to decide federal election rules, including the passage of voter suppression laws and the drawing of partisan districts without interference from state courts. it is a theory favoured by conservatives and would have been a radical overhaul of america s election laws. the ruling comes after monday s decision that cleared the way for louisiana s congressional map drawn by republican lawmakers to be challenged, and for another majority black district to be added. that s came just weeks after the court approved the same action to be taken in the neighbouring
penalty for bryan kohberger, the man accused of killing four students. they say considering all evidence currently known to the state, they are compelled to seek the death penalty. kohberger faces four counts of first degree murder, one count of burglary in the november 13th killings. the penalty phase of the pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial is set to resume in the coming hours. earlier this month robert bowers was foundit i ity guilty of all charges. defense attorneys say that he had mental health problems but prosecutors say that it was carried out with extensive planning. a jury will decide whether he is sentenced to death or life in prison. the u.s. supreme court has cleared the way for the redrawing of the louisiana congressional map to add another majority black district, this after justices reversed plans to
the reason that the supreme court is saying they are sending it back to the lower courts so they won t look like anything that we are seeing now is to get ready for the 2024 case. so we are see a cascading opinions upholding the voting rights act, and allowing minorities and others who are feeling unfairly advanced, it is allowing them to take the fight and here in louisiana and previously in alabama. yes, and they were holding on waiting on the decision in alabama. and as you said a real quick cascading opinions coming from the supreme court to have a real and quick cascading impact on capitol hill which is where manu raja is standing by. manu, this means that a majority
we he sees how we deprive the regime of legitimacy. we create economical pressure on the regime. of course, i can t feel safe, but now we have to pay attention to the safety of people who are in belarus, who can be detained at any moment. every day, 10, 15 people in belarus are detained. i know among them your husband. thank you so much for joining us. we wish you safety going forward. thank you. boris? after a major supreme court decision, a move that could impact the balance of power in congress. louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map to add another majority black district. we ll take you live to capitol hill to listen to what impact this will have when we come back.
the ruling means that alabama will have to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority black district. earlier, i spoke to deuel ross an attorney with the naacp legal defence and education fund who argued on behalf of the plaintiffs lawyers. deuel, thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. you said today this ruling is a crucial win against the continued onslaught of attacks on voting rights. what do you think made this case so important? you know, this was a real test for the voting rights act, alabama through, the case was about alabama s black belt, a region in alabama that is extremely poor, that has a long history of racial discrimination against black voters, but is also the place where martin luther king began his ministry. if this case in which there is a really clear black community that was in need of representation wasn t going to win, there is going to be no case that would win from the supreme court, and the fact that the court found not only th