Supreme Court of the United States (majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito)
Court struck down Louisiana's 2024 congressional map creating two majority-Black districts. The ruling also immediately finalized and ordered Louisiana to redraw its map before the 2026 elections. Alito's majority raised the bar for Section 2 VRA plaintiffs by requiring proof of *intentional* racial discrimination. Alabama subsequently filed a request asking the court to allow it to use a map separately struck as diluting Black votes. Multiple legal scholars, including critics at SCOTUSblog, have called the decision a material evisceration of the VRA. Could affect city and school board district maps in Texas and other states.
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