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ruling split along ideological lines, the supreme court affirmed that Louisiana’s congressional maps violated the equal protection clause. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito held that section 2 of the Voting
Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana congressional map, and the state's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, postponed voting for U.S. House primaries so state lawmakers could enact new district lines. "Allowing elections to proceed
map that pulled four districts into expected Democratic gains. Lawmakers in [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) postponed earlier consideration of a mid-decade redistricting while waiting for a ruling on a US supreme court case – Louisiana
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves
maps in the wake of last week’slandmark [Callais v Landry](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) decision supreme court ruling, which invalidated swaths of the Voting Rights Act which had restrained state governments from drawing congressional districts
Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee, are rushing to revise their congressional maps after a [supreme court ruling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) gutted key anti-discrimination protections in the 1965 Voting
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act. **J. Scott Applewhite/AP** J. Scott Applewhite/AP A historic drop in representation by Black
Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map, which created a second majority-Black congressional district, was "an unconstitutional racial gerrymander." Although the court kept Section
map, as part of an attempt to offset Republican redistricting elsewhere at the urging of President Donald Trump. That ruling, combined with a recent US Supreme Court decision severely weakening the [Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how
Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that its map was unconstitutional, blowing a hole in the Voting Rights Act. That’s giving Republicans the narrowest of windows to gerrymander one or two new seats before
map. Trump on Wednesday decried the Virginia vote as “rigged”, without providing any evidence to back up the claim. Meanwhile, a case pending before the US Supreme Court could beckon in another slate of redistricting
Louisiana congressional district at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday to severely weaken the Voting Rights Act.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2199x2199+743+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2Fb2%2Ff4e201b5422cb39ae678f1896741%2Fap26119780621816.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Supreme Court paves
map that could yield a clean sweep for Republicans, AP reports. Debates already have played out in Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana as [Republicans](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans) push to leverage a recent Supreme Court ruling that
supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) ruled in a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, another major blow to Black voters and a win for Republicans. The court’s emergency ruling is the most consequential decision
Supreme Court ruling that weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, AP reports. The court ruled that Louisiana relied too heavily on race when creating a second Black-majority House district as it attempted to comply
Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Louisiana's 2024 election map** was an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander." The map established a second majority-Black congressional district. The [justices' 6-3 decision](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) fell along partisan
Voting Rights Act, which could reverse much of what the supreme court has done to the VRA.* --- ## Why aren’t people in the streets? **[Adventurous\_Cap2751](https://www.reddit.com/user/Adventurous_Cap2751/)** asks: Why haven’t people taken
Supreme Court cleared the way for a different map that could let the GOP reclaim the seat. While the matter remains under litigation, the state plans special primaries Aug. 11 under the new map. Democratic
Louisiana, the state at the center of the supreme court’s Voting Rights Act decision, [is on the brink](https://www.nola.com/news/politics/elections/redistricting-louisiana-congressional-map-senate-committee/article_3d12f622-8fd6-4aa0-9a02-5fb5980bd84d.html) of implementing a new map that would eliminate the seat