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US supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms

supreme court expedites Voting Rights Act ruling so Louisiana can redraw its maps for midterms

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ruling, allowing Louisiana Republicans to redraw maps for midterms**  The court gutted section 2 of the Voting

US top court voids Louisiana voting map amid national redistricting fight

Louisiana voting map amid national redistricting fight The United States Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana

Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live

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

Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after US Voting Rights Act ruling

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

Has the US Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act – and how?

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

New Florida map boosts Republican seats amid national redistricting fight

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

Why Louisiana paused its US House primary election amid redistricting push

Supreme Court ruling on April 29 came about two weeks before Louisiana’s US House primary elections were scheduled. That left Republicans in the state scrambling to draw new maps ahead of the vote

U.S. House primaries in Louisiana are suspended after Voting Rights Act ruling

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

Georgia won’t redraw congressional map ahead of midterms, Kemp says

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

Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia

maps after an April 29 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which weakened voting rights protections for minority communities. Loading... The [*Louisiana

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maps in time for the midterms,** after a recent Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana

US supreme court rules Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in landmark case

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

How the SCOTUS voting rights ruling could affect Congress, according to Eric Holder

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

Alabama will split U.S. House primaries, after the Supreme Court's voting ruling

Supreme Court's order, which was opposed by the court's three liberal-leaning justices, came after its recent ruling in a Louisiana redistricting case that [weakened the Voting Rights Act](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting). Following

Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map

supreme court ruling severely weakening the Voting Rights Act that opened up even more winnable seats for the Republican party. In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope

Can Indiana lawmakers win after defying the president’s vote?

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

Mississippi governor cancels special legislative session to redraw state supreme court maps

supreme court’s Louisiana v Callais ruling, which narrowed a key protection of the Voting Rights Act and spurred a number of Republican-led states to reconfigure their maps

The Supreme Court avoids taking up a fight over Voting Rights Act enforcement for now

maps back to lower courts to be reconsidered in light of its recent ruling in *Louisiana v. Callais*. [![Members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and other marchers gather in Selma, Ala., in 2025 to commemorate

Republican Senator Cassidy loses Louisiana primary after opposing Trump

Supreme Court ruling [weakening part of the Voting Rights Act](/news/2026/4/30/has-the-us-supreme-court-weakened-the-voting-rights-act-and-how) related to electoral district maps. While the Senate primary went ahead as planned, Louisiana