Supreme Court Rewrites the Voting Rights Act Test in a 6-3 Ruling Striking Down Louisiana's Map

Date

Apr 29, 2026

Outcome

Administration won

Posture

Merits

Party

United States

Source

scotusblog.com ↗

Publisher

SCOTUSblog

Disposition

Decided 6-3 on April 29, 2026 (Alito writing; Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissenting). Louisiana's 2024 congressional map was struck down and the Gingles framework for Section 2 vote-dilution claims was revised.

Ledger id

1470

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