Supreme Court Leaves Louisiana Redistricting Ruling in Place
The court’s order keeps alive a ruling that found Louisiana’s two-majority-Black-district map relied too heavily on race and sent the case back for review.
- On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court denied a request from civil rights plaintiffs to recall its judgment in Callais v. Louisiana, leaving in place the Court's decision striking down Louisiana's congressional map.
- The Supreme Court ruled April 29 that Louisiana's congressional map relied too heavily on race, following years of litigation over whether the state's earlier plan violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- Waiving the standard 32-day waiting period, Justice Alito stated that preventing Louisiana from holding an election using an "unconstitutional" map justified the expedited decision.
- Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the state's congressional primaries originally scheduled for May 16, while lawmakers will meet on Friday to begin discussing a new map.
- Critics argue the Callais decision "updated" Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 interpretation, potentially allowing Southern states to eliminate Black voting power and returning the nation to 1960 numbers.
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Supreme Court decision clears way for new Louisiana congressional map
SHREVEPORT, La. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed its final ruling in the Callais case, leaving Louisiana without a valid congressional map and setting the stage for lawmakers to begin redrawing district lines beginning Friday.
Supreme Court Rejects Louisiana Redistricting Appeal
(Washington, DC) – The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to revisit its ruling involving Louisiana’s congressional map, leaving a major redistricting decision in place. The case centered on how race can be used when drawing political districts. The court’s decision is being celebrated by conservatives, who say it pushes back against racial gerrymandering and reinforces equal treatment under the law. Democrats and voting-rights activists see i…
SCOTUS rejects request from Black voters to roll back order finalizing redistricting
The Supreme Court rejected a request from Black voters who had defended the 2024 Louisiana congressional map to reverse the court’s decision to finalize its ruling in the matter. The Supreme Court last week ruled that Louisiana’s second black-majority congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and narrowed the scope of Section 2 of the...
Case Closed: Supreme Court Denies Last-Ditch Bid to Recall Louisiana Redistricting Judgment
The fight to delay the Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting ruling is over before it started. On May 6, the Supreme Court denied a motion by the Press Robinson plaintiffs to recall the judgment in Louisiana v. Callais, the blockbuster case that struck down Louisiana’s race-based congressional map. The denial came without recorded dissent. It arrived one day after the motion was filed, and two days after the Court took the unusual step of issu…
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