Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais, weakening VRA Section 2

The Supreme Court issued its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on April 29, 2026, affirming and remanding in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito. The case arose when Louisiana drew a second majority-Black congressional district in response to a prior court order finding its existing map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Court struck down the remedial map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, holding that Section 2 prohibits only maps that are the product of intentional race discrimination, not maps that merely have a disadvantageous effect on minority voter representation.