Overview

• Reargument in Louisiana v. Callais is set for Oct. 15 after the Court expanded the case to question the legality of race-conscious remedies under the Voting Rights Act.
• An August order asked parties to address whether a Section 2-required Black-majority district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendment.
• The Trump Justice Department and 16 states filed briefs opposing Section 2’s race-conscious remedy, and the DOJ has been granted time to argue at reargument.
• A report from Fair Fight Action and Black Voters Matter Fund, shared with Politico, estimates Republicans could redraw up to 19 House seats if Section 2 is curtailed, with potential losses of up to 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats and 11% of Congressional Hispanic Caucus seats.
• The dispute arose after courts found Louisiana’s 2022 map diluted Black voting power, prompting a remedial second majority-Black district that white voters then challenged as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.