SCOTUS Curbs Use of Race in Drawing Voting Districts: The Brief

SCOTUS Limits Race in Drawing Districts

The US Supreme Court today limited use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts, undercutting what was the most significant remaining part of a landmark law passed to address widespread discrimination against Black voters, Greg Stohr reports.

In a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, the justices rejected a Louisiana congressional map that was drawn with a second majority-Black district after a lower court found an earlier map to be discriminatory. Writing for the court, Justice Samuel Alito called the district an “unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” It’s the third ...