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supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms
ruling, allowing Louisiana Republicans to redraw maps for midterms**  The court gutted section 2 of the Voting
Louisiana voting map amid national redistricting fight The United States Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana
supreme court [ruled](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf) that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting
map following a US Supreme Court ruling that gutted a key provision of the landmark [US Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how). While the Supreme Court’s [ruling](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) on Louisiana
Voting Rights Act – and how? The United States Supreme Court has [voided](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) a key provision of a landmark civil rights law by ruling that the electoral map of Louisiana
Supreme Court [ruled](/news/2026/4/29/us-top-court-voids-louisiana-voting-map-amid-national-redistricting-fight) that a Congressional map in Louisiana, previously redrawn to include two Black majority districts, was unconstitutional. The ruling by the conservative-dominated panel represented a major blow to the 1965 Voting
Supreme Court ruling](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) that the state's congressional map is an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander." The rest of Louisiana's primaries, including for U.S. Senate, will proceed as scheduled, with early voting
maps, following a Supreme Court ruling that [gutted the Voting Rights Act](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-future-00898949) and [triggered a Republican-led](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/29/voting-rights-act-2026-midterms-republicans-gerrymandering-redistricting-00899022?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it) push to redraw districts across the South. Kemp made it clear that
maps in time for the midterms,** after a recent Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana
supreme court](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court) has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting
Voting Rights Act. **Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images/Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images** Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images/Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that Louisiana's 2024 election map
supreme court ruling](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling) paved the way for revisions in Louisiana. Democrats recently redrew the voting maps
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
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. **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