{"id":2452922,"date":"2025-06-27T13:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-rehear-arguments-next-term-in-louisiana-racial-redistricting-case-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:22:41","slug":"supreme-court-to-rehear-arguments-next-term-in-louisiana-racial-redistricting-case-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-to-rehear-arguments-next-term-in-louisiana-racial-redistricting-case-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to rehear arguments next term in Louisiana racial redistricting case &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-to-rehear-arguments-next-term-in-louisiana-racial-redistricting-case-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2452922&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court has decided to rehear arguments next term regarding a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that introduced a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-republican-julia-letlow-is-sworn-in-the-democrats-margin-in-the-house-shrinks-to-just-2-votes\/\" title=\"As Republican Julia Letlow Is Sworn In, The Democrats\u2019 Margin In The House Shrinks To Just 2 Votes\">majority-black district<\/a>. This decision was made after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-court-dismisses-case-of-wedding-photographer-who-wont-shoot-same-sex-ceremonies\/\" title=\"NY ... Dismisses ... Of Wedding Photographer Who Won\u2019t Shoot Same-Sex Ceremonies\">federal district court found<\/a> that the previous map likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, emphasizing the need for urgent resolution, citing the importance of addressing racial gerrymandering. The case, known as *Louisiana v. Callais*, involves complex legal considerations, including balancing compliance with the Voting Rights Act and the principles of equal protection under the law.Lawmakers initially attempted to heed a court order while protecting Republican incumbents. Legal challenges have emerged over how race was prioritized in the new map. The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to rehear arguments, announced just before the end of its term, leaves this notable redistricting issue unresolved until the next session begins in September.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Supreme Court to rehear arguments next term in Louisiana racial redistricting case<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2151918\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friday&nbsp;announced it would rehear arguments over a Louisiana congressional map that added a second majority-black district, leaving the fate of one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >closely-watched redistricting battles undecided<\/a> until the next term.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/24pdf\/24-109_l53m.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"unsigned decision\">unsigned decision<\/a> to schedule additional arguments was only dissented from by Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued the high court has &ldquo;an obligation to resolve such challenges promptly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455697\/free-speech-coalition-v-paxton-supreme-court-pornography-case-age-verification-laws\/\">Supreme Court upholds pornography age-verification laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455080\/mahmoud-v-taylor-supreme-court-parents-right-opt-kids-out-lgbt-books\/\">Supreme Court sides with parents who want to opt kids out of LGBT school books<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3456149\/supreme-court-upholds-obamacare-preventive-care-mandates\/\">Supreme Court upholds Obamacare preventive care mandates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We should have decided these cases this Term. These are the only cases argued this Term in which our jurisdiction is mandatory,&rdquo; Thomas wrote. &ldquo;That an Act of Congress requires that we decide these cases should have prompted us to resolve them expeditiously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas also stressed the importance of the constitutional question regarding the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which will now remain unanswered until the next Supreme Court term.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These cases put the Court to a choice: It may permit patent racial gerrymandering under the auspices of [section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965] compliance, or it may admit that, as the Court has construed the statute, a violation of &sect;2 is insufficient to justify a race-based remedy. That decision should be straightforward. Nevertheless, the Court demurs,&rdquo; Thomas wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to rehear arguments was announced on the final regular decision day of the high court&rsquo;s 2024-2025 term. The Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2025-2026 term is scheduled to begin in September, with the first oral arguments scheduled for Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo depicts the second majority-black district stretching from Caddo Parish to East Baton Rouge Parish. (Screenshot from <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lawd.203979\/gov.uscourts.lawd.203979.198.0_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 court ruling<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The case,&nbsp;<em>Louisiana v. Callais<\/em>, centered on the 6th Congressional District, which was drawn in a snake-like form stretching from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, after a federal district court in 2022 found the state&rsquo;s prior map likely violated Section 2 of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting-rights-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voting Rights Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The district court&rsquo;s 2022 decision <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lamd.60244\/gov.uscourts.lamd.60244.173.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sided with black voting rights plaintiffs<\/a> who argued in favor of the creation of a second majority-black district to ensure minority voters had a fair opportunity to elect U.S. House representatives of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>In redrawing the map, Louisiana lawmakers said they aimed to comply with the district court&rsquo;s order while also protecting high-profile&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican incumbents<\/a>, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA)&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/julia-letlow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rep. Julia Letlow<\/a> (R-LA), whose districts were at risk under other proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit challenging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-fights-over-congressional-maps-and-redistricting-will-affect-2024\/\" title=\"Imp... of Congressional ... Fights on 2024 Elections\">additional black-majority district<\/a> was filed by lawyers for Phillip Callais, a resident who led a group of predominantly non-black voters against the 2024 redistricting plan. His counsel argued the state went too far in using race as the driving factor for their new map, in violation of the equal protection clause. A three-judge panel agreed, <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lawd.203979\/gov.uscourts.lawd.203979.198.0_4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ruling in April last year<\/a> that the state legislature had improperly prioritized racial composition over traditional criteria such as compactness and geography.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court temporarily paused that ruling last May and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3215946\/supreme-court-agrees-weigh-dispute-over-louisiana-two-majority-black-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> last fall agreed to hear the case<\/a> on the merits during the current term.<\/p>\n<p>The legal fight exposed a persistent conflict in redistricting law. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act often requires states to consider race to avoid diluting minority voting power, putting the state &ldquo;between a rock and a hard place,&rdquo; as <a href=\"https:\/\/fedsoc.org\/commentary\/fedsoc-blog\/court-appears-split-in-racial-gerrymandering-case-arguments-heard-in-louisiana-v-callais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> by professor Michael Dimino Sr. of Widener University Commonwealth Law School. Other redistricting experts, such as Dave Wasserman, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Redistrict\/status\/1785454752848896303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">speculated<\/a> that the GOP drew the map in an &ldquo;unnecessarily mangled&rdquo; way in an effort to see it struck down as a racial gerrymander.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Constitution&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">equal protection clause<\/a>&nbsp;bars states from making race the predominant factor in redistricting, Louisiana&rsquo;s attorneys argued the state was caught between those two contradicting mandates and contended the legislature acted in good faith by responding to judicial orders while factoring in the Republican majority&rsquo;s own political concerns.<\/p>\n<p>During&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oral arguments<\/a>&nbsp;in March, the high court&rsquo;s Republican-appointed justices appeared skeptical about the redrawn map.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/neil-gorsuch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Neil Gorsuch<\/a>&nbsp;questioned whether the district&rsquo;s unusual shape could be justified, while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Samuel Alito<\/a>&nbsp;suggested the state&rsquo;s reliance on a preliminary court ruling was not enough to justify race-based line drawing.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Clarence Thomas<\/a>&nbsp;pressed for a clearer explanation of what actual Section 2 violation the state was addressing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the high court&rsquo;s Democratic-appointed wing of three justices emphasized that states need flexibility when attempting to fix possible violations of the Voting Rights Act.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sonia-sotomayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justices Sonia Sotomayor<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elena-kagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Elena Kagan<\/a>, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ketanji-brown-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Ketanji Brown Jackson<\/a> suggested the challengers failed to prove that race, not politics, was the true motivation behind the new map.<\/p>\n<p>The three justices at the center of the high court&rsquo;s swing votes &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chief Justice John Roberts<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brett-kavanaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Brett Kavanaugh<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/amy-coney-barrett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Amy Coney Barrett<\/a> &mdash;signaled doubts about whether a lower court&rsquo;s preliminary injunction should compel a state to use race in future redistricting decisions. Kavanaugh also questioned how long Section 2 should authorize race-conscious remedies decades after its passage.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3357120\/supreme-court-divided-louisiana-map-second-black-majority-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SUPREME COURT DIVIDED OVER LOUISIANA MAP WITH SECOND BLACK-MAJORITY DISTRICT\">SUPREME COURT DIVIDED OVER LOUISIANA MAP WITH SECOND BLACK-MAJORITY DISTRICT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguinaga<\/a>&nbsp;told the justices the state would have used its original map with one majority-black district if not for the federal court&rsquo;s intervention.<\/p>\n<p>  &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to be back here again,&rdquo; he said, urging the high court to give states clear guidance and room to balance race and politics without triggering conflicting constitutional rulings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2151918\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2151918\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court to revisit Louisiana redistricting case next term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3914,"featured_media":2452923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24327556423072.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6628,6100,58046,32275,32076],"class_list":["post-2452922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arguments","tag-louisiana","tag-racial-redistricting","tag-supreme-court","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24327556423072.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452926,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452922\/revisions\/2452926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2452923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}