Overview

• The court’s unsigned August order tasks parties with answering constitutional challenges to Louisiana’s second Black-majority district by early October
• Justices declined to decide the case in June and will rehear it after receiving supplemental briefs and likely new oral arguments next term
• The dispute centers on Louisiana’s 2024 map, which added a second Black-majority district after a federal court found its initial one-district map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
• Legal scholars warn that curtailing Section 2’s requirement for majority-minority districts could reshape redistricting law and diminish minority voting power nationwide
• The Supreme Court’s eventual decision, expected by June 2026, may influence ongoing mid-decade redraws in states such as Texas ahead of the 2026 elections