In a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana congressional redistricting map “is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.”

The state had originally drawn a map after the 2020 census that contained one black-majority district out of its six districts. A lower court ruled that the map violated the Voting Rights Act, and when the state redrew the map in 2024, it had two black-majority districts.

The Supreme Court held that the Voting Rights Act “did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district.” 

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