US supreme court rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in landmark case
Summary
The US Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana must redraw its congressional map to better represent Black voters. The case focused on whether race can be used in drawing voting districts under the Voting Rights Act.Key Facts
- The case is called Louisiana v Callais.
- Louisiana’s congressional map had only one district with a Black majority, even though Black people are about one-third of the state’s population.
- Black voters sued, saying the map reduced their voting power by concentrating them in one district and spreading them thin in others.
- A federal judge ordered Louisiana to create a second majority-Black district.
- The new map created a second majority-Black district stretching from Shreveport to Baton Rouge.
- Non-Black voters challenged the new map, claiming it sorted voters by race illegally under the 14th Amendment.
- A three-judge panel blocked the new map, but the Supreme Court allowed it to be used for the 2024 election.
- The case raised questions about how race can be considered in drawing voting districts and the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act’s section 2.
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