Supreme Court weighs Louisiana voting rights fight | JQJO

At the Supreme Court this week, Louisiana and the Trump administration ask the justices to erase the state’s second majority-Black U.S. House district and sharply curb the use of race in redistricting. The conservative-leaning court ordered rare second arguments, pressing whether intentionally creating a majority-minority district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments. The case follows Louisiana’s post‑census map fight, a white-voter challenge to a remedial plan, and a 2023 ruling that preserved Section 2 in Alabama. With Chief Justice John Roberts central again, the outcome could reverberate nationwide, reshaping congressional, state, and local maps.