Between Allen v. Milligan in 2023 and Louisiana v. Callais in 2025, the legal landscape shifted dramatically. In Allen, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh joined the liberals to uphold Section 2. Louisiana now argues that precedent no longer applies. What changed between the two cases?
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Allen v. Milligan (2023) was a statutory question: did Alabama violate Section 2 by diluting Black voting strength? Louisiana v. Callais raised the same issue, but on June 27, 2025, the Court ordered...
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