US EditionSupreme Court limits use of race in redistricting in a win for Republicans
The 6-3 ruling makes it harder to challenge maps under the Voting Rights Act and could affect redistricting cases nationwide.
- 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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The Plot to Destroy the Voting Rights Act
The best way to think about this week’s momentous Supreme Court decision dismantling the Voting Rights Act is to consider it alongside four previous voting rights cases from the past 13 years. Each time, the Court’s majority claimed it was taking incremental or technical steps. The collective project, however, shows the evisceration of the VRA, the crown jewel of the civil rights era. American democracy will be much weaker as a result. In Louisi…
In the United States, the Supreme Court has issued an important ruling on how to cut the constituencies.
The Supreme Court's decision in the U.S. state is a setback for the Democrats. Critics see the "fundamental right to racial equality" restricted.
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