Overview

• Arguments on Wednesday will feature Louisiana and the Trump administration urging the justices to erase the state’s second majority-Black congressional district and curb the consideration of race in redistricting.
• Analysts warn the court could weaken Section 2’s redistricting remedies through restrictive reinterpretation rather than an outright ruling striking down the statute.
• The Town of Newburgh, New York, filed an amicus brief contending Section 2 cannot survive recent equal-protection doctrine and urging the court to reject arguments that would allow state Voting Rights Acts to mandate race-conscious remedies.
• The case follows a lower-court finding of racially polarized voting and a subsequent Louisiana map adding a second Black-majority district after the 2023 Alabama ruling, which was later challenged by white voters as predominantly race-driven.
• The outcome could reshape congressional and local maps nationwide, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh seen as pivotal and the administration’s stance marking a departure from the Justice Department’s past defenses of the Voting Rights Act.