Supreme Court hears Louisiana's Voting Rights Act Case
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Louisiana Black congressmen react to Supreme Court case that could wipe out their districts
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana case that could change congressional maps and Black majority districts across America.
Janai Nelson, a longtime civil rights attorney, was the woman who argued on behalf of Black voters and what is left of the VRA in Louisiana v. Callais. It was Nelson’s first case before the Supreme Court, marking a historic day for the UCLA School of Law-educated lawyer.
A U.S. Supreme Court case out of Louisiana could reshape how Arizona draws its congressional and legislative maps by limiting how much race can be considered when creating districts meant to boost minority representation.
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court signaled that it could limit the use of race as a factor in drawing congressional districts, a move that could allow red states to redraw districts, potentially giving Republicans control of Congress for decades.
They can literally create a permanent one-party rule system without the Voting Rights Act in place–and doing it at the
Justice Samuel Alito drilled down on whether race is a proxy for partisan affiliation, during an oral argument Wednesday in a case on whether Louisiana's congressional districts are racially gerrymandered.