U.S. Supreme Court Sets Date for Louisiana Redistricting Case Rehearing

Supreme Court Rehearing Redistricting Case That Could Gut Voting Rights Act

Photo: Getty Images North America The Supreme Court is rehearing a redistricting case that could gut the Voting Rights Act, per HuffPost. The case, Callais v. Landry (formerly Louisiana v. Callais), centers around a newly drawn congressional map that added a second majority-Black district in Louisiana, where Black residents make up one-third of the population. The map was created after a federal court ruled the original plan violated Section 2 o…

Supreme Court schedules October rearguments for Louisiana redistricting case

The Supreme Court scheduled its first slate of arguments for its 2025-2026 term, including a second round of arguments in a case involving Louisiana’s congressional map, which could have wider ramifications for other states’ maps. The high court will hear…

Things Might Just Turn Out All Right In The Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Mess

WWL-TV has a piece up on a much-reported development in the Callais v Louisiana case at the Supreme Court which holds the promise of a potential end to court-enforced racial gerrymandering in congressional and other districts. The U.S. Supreme Court announced that Oct. 15 is the date when justices are expected to hear additional arguments […] The post Things Might Just Turn Out All Right In The Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Mess appeared…

U.S. Supreme Court sets date for Louisiana redistricting case rehearing

The U.S. Supreme Court, on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court has set the date it will hear new arguments in a Louisiana case that could have ripple effects for congressional redistricting around the country. The court will hear debate Oct. 15 in Callais v. Louisiana after asking both sides to file new briefs in response to its latest question: Could a state violate the 14th or 15th amendments to the U.S. …

SCOTUS to revisit Louisiana congressional redistricting case in October

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit a case whose decision will decide whether Louisiana's latest congressional maps violate the 14th and 15th Amendments. "Louisiana vs. Callais" alleges that the maps that create a second-Black majority district in the state that were passed by state legislators in 2024 were illegally gerrymandered. The creation of a new Black majority district, one that stretches from Baton Rouge to Shreveport and t…