Louisiana will once again have to redraw its congressional maps after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the creation of a second Black-majority district was an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander,” a ruling that could potentially help Republicans in upcoming elections.
In a 6-3 decision, the conservative majority of the court said the state relied too heavily on race to redraw its congressional map in 2024, despite the lines initially being redrawn to comply with a previous ruling that said the 2020 congressional map was also unconstitutional – for different reasons.
