Supreme Court Weighs Landmark Case on Race and Redistricting
By: Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist
Here are the biggest moments from Supreme Court oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES — The U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in a pair of high stakes redistricting cases that could significantly reshape American electoral politics.
Known as Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, the matter focuses on a dispute over the use of race in Louisiana’s congressional map. While the state’s initial map included a single black-majority district, a lawsuit and subsequent legal battle led lawmakers to redraw the map to include a second black-majority district, producing another legal battle that centered on the state’s allegedly unlawful use of race when creating the n...
