US EditionSupreme Court limits use of race in redistricting in a win for Republicans
The 6-3 ruling says Section 2 cannot force states to rely on race unless plaintiffs show strong evidence of intentional discrimination.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana's 2024 congressional map was an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander," requiring the state to redraw its districts.
- Following the 2020 Census, Louisiana initially defended its remedial map but later reversed course, joining a group of non-Black voters who challenged the district lines as violating the Constitution.
- Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the conservative majority, argued the district relied too heavily on race; Justice Elena Kagan dissented, warning the decision renders Section 2 "all but a dead letter."
- The decision restricts how courts interpret the Voting Rights Act, potentially enabling Republicans to gain 19 House seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
- Plaintiffs challenging future redistricting must now ensure "demonstration maps" are race-neutral and control for partisan affiliation, fundamentally altering legal strategies nationwide.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states
Before the words were even written on a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, some states already were taking steps to respond to it.
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Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states
Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana. Wednesday's court ruling limits the use of race in drawing voting districts. Louisiana lawmakers say they are…
Congressional Black Caucus members condemn Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act
Rev. Bernard LaFayette (center, in wheelchair and cloth cap) holds his wife Kate’s hand as they are wheeled over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 9, 2025 as part of 60th anniversary commemorations of Bloody Sunday, the 1965 attack on peaceful civil rights protestors that led to the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act. LaFayette ran the Selma voting rights campaign in 1965 and survived an assassination attempt. …
The U.S. state of Louisiana has to reorder its constituencies. The Supreme Court ruled in a groundbreaking verdict that there should be only one or two constituencies in which blacks make up the majority.
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