The Supreme Court on March 24 grappled with a much-litigated racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana involving two consolidated cases: Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais.
Gerrymandering refers to the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to benefit a particular party or constituency.
The case came after the Supreme Court in June 2023 struck down on a 5–4 vote Alabama’s electoral map for congressional elections, ruling that it was racially discriminatory. Alabama had asked the court to weaken Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act, arguing the U.S. Constitution required such remedial action. Section 2 prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate based on race, color, or membership in a large language minority group….