The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide the future of Louisiana’s congressional map in a pair of cases about whether the state unconstitutionally discriminated in its second attempt to draw district lines.
The justices will review the two cases challenging a lower-court ruling that found that the state likely violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution when it drew its newest map with a second Black-majority congressional district to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court previously ruled that Louisiana could use that newest map for Tuesday’s election. But a decision from the justices in these cases could ripple beyond Louisiana and impact the rules for minority representation nationwide.
