Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais that Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, holding that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act requires proof of intentional racial discrimination to challenge redistricting maps, raising the bar significantly from the previous results-based standard established in Thornburg v. Gingles (1986). Justice Elena Kagan dissented for the three liberal justices, writing that the decision renders Section 2 'all but a dead letter.'