It appears the Supreme Court may be ready to erase another key piece of the Voting Rights Act. This time by striking down Louisiana’s Black-majority district for “relying too much on race.”
The result would open the door for Republican states to erase Black and Latino districts (around 12 across the South) that usually vote blue.
If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here’s how.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) October 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
From the New York Times:
The case examines whether Louisiana lawmakers violated the Constitution when they adopted a new electoral map in 2024, creating the state’s second majority-Black district. It challenges a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
During the oral argument, several of the court’s conservative justices appeared focused on whether there should be a time limit for allowing race to be used as a factor in congressional maps, a requirement that stemmed from civil rights era protections aimed at undoing generations of efforts to suppress the power of Black voters
It’s not clear how fast any redistricting could happen. The court typically issues major rulings by late June or early July, and the next major vote is the 2026 midterm elections in November.
During oral arguments, conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh suggested “that race-based remedies are permissible for a period of time — sometimes for a long period of time, decades, in some cases — but that they should not be indefinite and should have an end point.”
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) October 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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