louisiana voting rights act

Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act and Louisiana

Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights Act

Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced Alabama and later Louisiana to redraw their congressional maps to give Black residents greater representation,

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Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on the Voting Rights Act and race-based redistricting

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Supreme Court conservatives appear open to weakening Voting Rights Act in Louisiana congressional map case

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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, a legal battle over whether states can use race as a factor in drawing electoral lines.

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Supreme Court seems inclined to limit race-based electoral districts under the Voting Rights Act

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Supreme Court could kick-start another round of redistricting with Louisiana race-based districting case

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DEVELOPING STORY: SCOTUS continues to hear arguments on Louisiana redistricting case, Implications for Voting Rights Act of 1965

Louisiana v. Callais could significantly affect the 1965 Voting Rights Act by challenging the Louisiana congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in 2024, the 6th District currently held by Baton Rouge Democrat Cleo Fields.

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It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed

Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued that the Voting Rights Act must sunset after an undetermined amount of time. Justice Amy Coney Barrett proposed imposing a limit on Congress’s power to remedy discrimination — one that the Court has applied in nonvoting cases — on election-related laws like the VRA.