Redistricting Case Returns to High Court, Voting Rights Act on the Line

The Supreme Court is revisiting a significant redistricting case, which poses a threat to the Voting Rights Act, as reported by HuffPost. The case, Callais v. Landry (previously Louisiana v. Callais), pertains to a newly established congressional map that includes a second majority-Black district in Louisiana, where Black individuals represent approximately one-third of the populace. This map was drawn following a federal ruling that deemed the prior plan as infringing upon Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by undermining Black voting power.Nevertheless, the Supreme Court will soon deliberate on whether the intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district by Louisiana violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments. Legal experts indicate that this could lead to the complete annulment of Section 2, stripping away safeguards against racially discriminatory voting practices. Harvard law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos emphasized that such a decision would overshadow the ramifications of the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder ruling, signaling a potentially dire moment for minority voters across the nation.