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Supreme Court Set to Rehear Louisiana Map Case Testing Race-Conscious Redistricting

The justices ordered reargument to examine whether Louisiana’s creation of a second majority‑Black district complies with the Reconstruction Amendments.

The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, shown April 4, 2023. Lawmakers redrew the state’s congressional map in early 2024 to add a second majority-Black district—legislation now at the center of Callais v. Landry, a Supreme Court case challenging the map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)
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Overview

  • Oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais after the Supreme Court called for a rare reargument.
  • Louisiana has shifted its stance to argue that race-based redistricting is unconstitutional, and the Trump Justice Department has filed in support of the state.
  • A three-judge federal panel previously held that District 6 in the 2024 map (SB 8) violates the Equal Protection Clause and barred the map from future use.
  • The court specifically asked whether intentionally creating a second majority‑minority district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments.
  • Voting-rights experts and legal analysts warn the ruling could narrow or neutralize Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, with nationwide effects on redistricting and potential challenges to state voting-rights laws.