Supreme Court Undermines Black Voters Rights
Following the *Allen v. Milligan* ruling, which mandated a second majority-Black congressional district in Alabama, Louisiana faced a similar legal challenge from voting rights advocates. When a subsequent lawsuit by self-described “non-African American voters” claimed vote dilution, the Supreme Court, in *Callais*, effectively reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Court’s decision now requires plaintiffs to prove that racial gerrymandering is not constitutionally permissible and to propose an alternative map that serves legitimate redistricting goals, a standard that critics argue makes challenging racial gerrymandering nearly impossible.
John Q. Hosedrinker