US EditionSupreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court is reconsidering whether Louisiana's second majority-Black district violates constitutional amendments amid a three-year legal battle over racial redistricting.
- On October 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Louisiana v. Callais in Washington, D.C., where conservative justices appeared ready to limit Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- Louisiana's Republican-dominated legislature drew a 2022 congressional map with one majority-Black district out of six, prompting Black voters to sue for two majority-Black districts.
- Nearly three hours of arguments focused on race in remedies under Section 2, with Chief Justice John Roberts describing the illustrative Louisiana district as a `snake` stretching more than 200 miles.
- A ruling for Louisiana could require states to redraw maps under race-neutral criteria ahead of next year's Congressional election and allow Republican legislatures to eliminate up to 19 majority-minority districts.
- Legal experts warn the decision could ripple into housing and employment, and such a ruling would mark a fundamental shift in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Supreme Court seems open to limiting key voting protections in Louisiana redistricting case
The Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)During arguments in a Louisiana case, U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed open to limiting the consideration of race in the redistricting process, a move that would undermine a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Conservative justices, who make up the court’s majority, seemed sympathetic to arguments made by Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga and President Do…
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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based districts under Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost Republican electoral…
SCOTUS Case Could Destroy Voting Rights Act and Cement GOP Control of House
The US Supreme Court will rehear a case on Wednesday that could strike a death blow to the Voting Rights Act and, in the process, virtually guarantee that Republicans hang on to power in the 2026 midterm elections and well into the future. At issue in the case, Louisiana v. Callais, is Section 2 of the VRA, which outlaws racially discriminatory redistricting. Max Flugrath… Source
Supreme Court Signals Democrats’ Days Of Drawing Up Congressional Districts By Race Might Be Over
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled on Wednesday that the days of creating congressional districts based on race may be numbered. Justice Brett Kavanaugh — whose vote, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, could prove decisive in Louisiana v. Callais — questioned during oral arguments whether the time for using race-based remedies has expired. “The issue, […]
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