Supreme Court hears Louisiana Voting Rights case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a Louisiana case testing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and whether the state’s second majority-Black congressional district can stand. Louisiana and the Trump administration urge the Court to bar race-based considerations in redistricting, while civil-rights groups say racially polarized voting still requires VRA remedies; the outcome could influence mid-decade map changes nationally amid GOP efforts to protect a narrow House majority.
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📌 Key Facts
- Case concerns Louisiana’s post-2020 map and a second majority-Black district in a state that is about one-third Black.
- A three-judge court found race predominated in the remedial map after white voters sued; Louisiana appealed.
- The dispute follows the Court’s 2023 5–4 VRA ruling in an Alabama case that prompted Louisiana’s Legislature to add a second Black-majority district.