US Supreme Court orders Louisiana electoral map case to be argued again
- The U.S. Supreme Court deferred its decision on June 27, 2024, to reconsider Louisiana's congressional map in a future term.
- This legal dispute began after a 2022 ruling found Louisiana's original map unlawfully diluted Black voting power by including only one majority-Black district.
- Louisiana's Republican-controlled legislature approved a new map in January 2024 creating a second majority-Black district, which opponents claimed relied excessively on race.
- A three-judge federal panel blocked the new map in April 2024, ruling 2-1 it constituted racial gerrymandering violating the Constitution's equal protection clause.
- The Supreme Court’s pending ruling will address tensions between minority voting rights protections and constitutional limits on using race in redistricting.
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Supreme Court delays decision on Louisiana map
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Supreme Court postpones ruling on Louisiana’s new map Fall arguments will revisit redistricting and racial impacts New map adds second Black majority district, now contested Change to partisan primaries affects 2026 election timeline The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall. The case is being closely watched because a…


SCOTUS Punts Louisiana Redistricting Case To Next Term
The case was expected to be decided this session, but SCOTUS announced that Louisiana v. Callais will be reargued during its next term.
Supreme Court to rehear arguments next term in Louisiana racial redistricting case
The Supreme Court on Friday announced it would rehear arguments over a Louisiana congressional map that added a second majority-black district, leaving the fate of one of the most closely-watched redistricting battles undecided until the next term. The unsigned decision…

Supreme Court doesn’t rule on Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall. The case is being closely watched because at arguments in March several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they could vote to throw out the map and make it harder, if not impossible, to bring redistricting lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act. Related Articles …
Louisiana redistricting: Supreme Court punts case until fall
Louisiana argued that it was caught in an impossible position: At first, a federal court ruled that the state had likely violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing only one majority Black district out of six.
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