Federal court orders Louisiana to draw second majority-Black congressional district under VRA Section 2

A three-judge federal district court rules on June 6, 2022, that Louisiana's 2022 congressional map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by failing to include a second majority-Black congressional district. The court finds that Louisiana's Black population, which is 33 percent of the state, is large and geographically compact enough to form a second majority-Black district under the Gingles test. The ruling orders the state to redraw its map before the 2024 elections. Louisiana appeals, and a divided Supreme Court agrees in June 2022 to stay the lower court order while the case proceeds — allowing the challenged map to remain in use for the 2022 midterms. The underlying litigation eventually becomes Louisiana v. Callais.