{"id":2603943,"date":"2026-05-18T11:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-tosses-racial-redistricting-rulings-in-mississippi-and-north-dakota\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:22:48","slug":"supreme-court-tosses-racial-redistricting-rulings-in-mississippi-and-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-tosses-racial-redistricting-rulings-in-mississippi-and-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court tosses racial redistricting rulings in Mississippi and North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-tosses-racial-redistricting-rulings-in-mississippi-and-north-dakota%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=2603943&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 U.S. Supreme Court rejected federal court decisions in two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cases involving racial redistricting claims<\/a> under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act-one in Mississippi and one in North Dakota. In separate orders, the justices sent both cases back to the lower courts to decide what should happen next in light of their recent landmark ruling in *Louisiana v. Callais*.<\/p>\n<p>In Mississippi, a federal court had struck down several state legislative districts becuase it found the maps unlawfully diluted Black voters\u2019 ability to elect preferred representatives. In North Dakota, another federal court found the state\u2019s map unlawfully diluted Native American voters\u2019 ability to elect their preferred representatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Court\u2019s *Callais* decision raised the evidentiary bar for section 2 racial gerrymandering claims, emphasizing proof of intentional racial gerrymandering rather than incidental impacts-while allowing partisan gerrymandering. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in both Mississippi and North Dakota, arguing the Court should not vacate because the unanswered issue was whether private parties can bring these Section 2 lawsuits-a question she said *Callais* did not address.<\/p>\n<p>These actions are part of a broader wave of supreme Court orders as *Callais*,which have prompted states to redraw maps during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-redistricting-lawsuit-could-cost-congressional-republicans-up-to-six-house-seats\/\" title=\"NY Re...ing Lawsuit May Result in GOP Losing Six House Seats\">mid-decade redistricting<\/a> with greater latitude regarding racial outcomes.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> tossed out federal court rulings in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"528\">Mississippi<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-dakota\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"515\">North Dakota<\/a> on Monday over racial redistricting claims under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, weeks after the high court issued a landmark decision changing the standard for such legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The justices issued the pair of summary dispositions in an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/051826zor_h315.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/051826zor_h315.pdf\">orders list<\/a>, ordering the respective federal district courts where the cases originated to decide on the next steps for both cases with the high court\u2019s recent ruling in <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4410470\/supreme-court-strikes-down-race-based-redistricting-map-in-louisiana\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4410470\/supreme-court-strikes-down-race-based-redistricting-map-in-louisiana\/\">Louisiana v. Callais<\/a><\/em>. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the unsigned majority in both cases.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4571268\/clarence-thomas-very-dicey-threats-public-events\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Clarence Thomas says \u2018very dicey\u2019 threats make it hard for him to attend public events<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4570583\/supreme-court-denies-democrat-bid-revive-virginia-gerrymander\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court denies Democrats\u2019 bid to revive Virginia gerrymander<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4568655\/virginia-republicans-supreme-court-democrats-redistricting-revival-bid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Virginia Republicans urge Supreme Court to reject long-shot effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gop-urges-supreme-court-to-reject-effort-to-revive-redistricting-vote\/\" title=\"Virginia GOP urges Supreme Court to reject effort to revive re...ing vote\">revive redistricting vote<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>In the Mississippi case, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi struck down two state Senate districts and one state House district as violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, finding that they unlawfully diluted black people\u2019s ability to elect their representatives of choice. In the North Dakota case, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota found that the state\u2019s legislative district map unlawfully diluted Native Americans\u2019 ability to elect their representatives of choice, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in <em>Callais<\/em> last month significantly raised the bar for bringing Voting Rights Act lawsuits over alleged racial gerrymandering, requiring clear proof of intentional racial gerrymandering, rather than the incidental splitting of racial groups into different districts, while pursuing partisan gerrymandering, which is lawful.<\/p>\n<p>In both cases, the justices were asked to decide whether private parties could bring lawsuits alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act, something the district courts allowed in both cases. Jackson argued in her dissent that that particular issue still needed to be addressed by the high court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case presents only the question of Section 2\u2019s private enforceability, which our decision in <em>Louisiana v. Callais<\/em> did not address,\u201d Jackson wrote in both of her brief dissents. \u201cThus I see no basis for vacating the lower court\u2019s judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4570583\/supreme-court-denies-democrat-bid-revive-virginia-gerrymander\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4570583\">SUPREME COURT DENIES DEMOCRATS\u2019 BID TO REVIVE VIRGINIA GERRYMANDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court\u2019s decision to toss out rulings in the Mississippi and North Dakota cases is the latest order set off by the justices\u2019 6-3 decision in <em>Callais<\/em> last month. Earlier this month, the high court quickly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4563621\/supreme-court-clears-way-alabama-map-redraw\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4563621\/supreme-court-clears-way-alabama-map-redraw\/\">tossed<\/a> a VRA ruling against Alabama\u2019s congressional map that had mandated the state have two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-republicans-approve-new-congressional-map-that-they-hope-will-blunt-democratic-gains\/\" title=\"Texas Republicans Approve New ... That They Hope Will Blunt Democratic Gains\">black-majority districts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The high court\u2019s ruling in <em>Callais<\/em>, along with subsequent orders such as in Alabama, have touched off a new round of mid-decade redistricting, as states have significantly more freedom to redraw their congressional and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-throws-out-alabamas-gop-drawn-congressional-map-potentially-giving-democrats-another-seat\/\" title=\"Court Throws Out Alabama\u2019s GOP-Drawn ..., Potentially Giving Democrats Another Seat\">state legislative maps<\/a> without prioritizing racial outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court voids Mississippi and North Dakota rulings on racial redistricting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2603944,"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\/2026\/05\/AP26135663500059.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6632,33499,58046,32275,32570],"class_list":["post-2603943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-mississippi","tag-north-dakota","tag-racial-redistricting","tag-supreme-court","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26135663500059.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603943","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603948,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603943\/revisions\/2603948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}