US EditionAfter Voting Rights Act Case Arguments, Concerns over Diminished Minority Representation Rise
The Supreme Court examines if race-based redistricting under the Voting Rights Act violates the Constitution amid challenges to Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional district.
- On Oct. 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Louisiana v. Callais in Washington as 40 protesters gathered outside the courthouse.
- Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was created to block deliberate 'packing' of Black voters, while justices weighed whether using race in redistricting is constitutional.
- At issue is a second majority-Black U.S. House district in Louisiana that challengers argue amounts to unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, which concentrates Black voters into few districts.
- A ruling could alter the Voting Rights Act, affecting protections for racial minorities designed to safeguard their electoral influence.
- Rooted in civil rights-era law, Section 2 was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and reauthorized by President George W. Bush, linking the case to national redistricting challenges.
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Explainer video: SCOTUS Louisiana case has huge voting rights implications
In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act—a landmark law widely hailed as the most effective tool for protecting the political voice of Black Americans. Now, that foundation is under serious threat in a pivotal Supreme Court case: Louisiana v. Callais. At the center of the controversy is a redistricting battle in Louisiana, where Black residents make up nearly a third of the population. Yet after the 2020 Census, lawmakers drew just one ma…
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After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise
Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political representation following oral arguments in a Supreme Court case.
A battle over Louisiana’s map could rewrite the future of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court appeared poised this week to weaken one of the nation’s most powerful civil rights protections, as justices weighed whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district violates the Constitution. Advocates warn the case could dismantle a cornerstone of the Voting Rights Act, threatening minority representation nationwide.
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