Supreme Court strikes down court-ordered Black-majority map in Louisiana v. Callais

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana's second Black-majority congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Justice Alito wrote that Louisiana had used race as the predominant factor when drawing the court-ordered remedial map, triggering strict scrutiny the state couldn't satisfy. The court unanimously held that the challengers (Callais plaintiffs) had standing to sue. Republican state legislators in Tennessee and other Southern states immediately cited the ruling as clearing the legal path for maps that reduce Black representation.