In a blockbuster ruling, the Supreme Court just struck down a Louisiana redistricting map because the state legislature, attempting to comply with the Voting Rights Act, had deliberately created a “majority-minority” district—a district where blacks were a majority. There are many majority-minority congressional districts in other states, similarly draw…
The Supreme Court Finally Ends the Racial Districting Game
Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A majority of the justices declared that dividing voters by race is ‘odious to a free people.’
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