Today, in a very important 6-3 decision at the Supreme Court [Full pdf Ruling Here] the high court ruled in Louisiana -vs Callais that congressional districts drawn by considering race are an unconstitutional gerrymander. Race should not be a consideration in the drawing of district boundaries.
Chief Justice John Roberts had previously described Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District as a “snake” that stretches more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) to link parts of Shreveport, Alexandria, Lafayette and Baton Rouge. “That map is an unconstitutional gerrymander,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote the dissent for the three leftist, activist justices. “The consequences are likely to be far-reaching and grave. Today’s decision renders Section 2 all but a dead letter,” Kagan wrote, referencing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
(Via Politico) – […] Alito said a revised interpretation of Section 2 was needed in part because of the Supreme Court’s 2019 ruling that the Constitution does not prohibit gerrymandering for partisan purposes. As a result, he suggested, plaintiffs in voting discrimination lawsuits are now often “dressing their political-gerrymandering claims in racial garb.”
“Failing to account for political considerations in redistricting … can allow plaintiffs to undo a State’s legitimate, non-racial decisions under the banner of Section 2,” Alito wrote, appearing to express concern that Democrats could use voting rights lawsuits for partisan purposes rather than to target racial discrimination.
“If race and politics are not disentangled and a Section 2 claim is cynically used as a tool for advancing a partisan end, the VRA’s noble goal will be perverted,” he wrote.
The high court’s decision is the culmination of a long-running battle in Louisiana over Black voters’ representation in Congress. The Supreme Court first heard argument in the case in March 2025, but the justices failed to issue a ruling and made the unusual decision to hear it again this term. (read more)
The leftist/activist justices (Kagan, Sotomayor and the DEI Justice Brown-Jackson), had intentionally been slow-walking their dissent opinion in order to delay the release of the high court ruling released today. The delay tactic was intended to stop ‘Republican’ states from using the majority ruling for redistricting purposes prior to this year’s midterm federal election.
Democrats and Community Activist groups are apoplectic that race is not permitted in the determination of congressional districts. Democrats could stand to lose up to 20 seats in the House of Representatives if race is no longer a factor in making district boundaries. Former President Barack Obama is highly upset at the decision:
President Trump celebrated the elimination of racism in congressional districting.
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Democrats could lose up to 20 seats with this redistricting. And who would they lose them to? Do we really think the GOPe will do anything?
What history do we have that the GOPrick RINOrats do anything constructive when handed to them on a silver platter?
Mcconnell, Thune and others are right now thinking, damn, we have to throw even more seats?
Very possible, look at Indiana, they already balked at their shot to get this done.
Really? McConnell and Thune are senators. The ruling impacts districting for the House of Representatives.
I of course know that, I was using their names as big names of the cabal.
I suppose now Democrats are just going to have to cheat harder to make up for a lack of tilted contests. That and or pay more to the loyal opposition for them to purposely fail in getting elected.
They will just have to dig a little deeper in their big bag of dirty tricks.
You underestimate the 100 million+ voters who currently want to see the Republican party dissolved for good.
Wanting to dissolve and reconstitute the current makeup of the Republican party does not imply they will vote for Democrats.
We keep hearing this and yet Republicans won a clean sweep of control of the Senate, House, and Presidency in November 2024. Clearly there are more voters who don’t want the Democrats in power. Democrats seem to always believe their own leftist media propaganda.
The RINOrats have squandered so many opportunities. They are experts when it comes to snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It almost seems intentional. /sarc
It’ll make it easier to get things through the House… the Senate Rs are the problem but a bigger majority in the house puts more pressure on them.
Maybe I can get my money back on a lifetime of overpaying taxes for other people’s shit. Every vote I have cast in my life was wasted because I happen to live in the most ridiculously gerrymandered state and it’s all based upon race.
Talk about being disenfranchised……..
Sounds like it’s time for a class action?
I think it’s time for a whole lotta CAs. Nearly every big-blue state has ridiculous district boundaries and they are all based upon race. They take all the center-right crackers and divide them up into little tiny crumbs surrounded by the ghettos or barrios. This has been going on for way over a generation.
I would like to see CA’s and not for just the big blue states but the smaller blue states also.
Redistribution of our coerced tax payments is theft.
Regardless of the decision…Dems will still do it…they don’t care about the law…
Let’s show them that Lawfare can be played both ways!
These Leftist “judges” are insufferable.
Boasberg has already preemptively ruled that the SCOTUS decision is unconstitutional and null and void.
He needs to mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night.
Bwhahaha!!!!
The National Democratic Redisticting Committee is Eric Holder and Barack H. Obama’s little project.
Today, their mouthpiece had a few things to say (to you, RACISTS /sarc).
https://democraticredistricting.com/ndrc-disastrous-scotus-ruling-guts-the-voting-rights-act-to-rubber-stamp-republican-gerrymanders/
Just reading Obama makes me ill.
I think it’s time for the SCOTUS to declare the Democratic Party Unconstitutional.
While they are at it…………..we only need 3 questions on the any Census.
1) Are you a us citizen?
2 )What is your address?
3) How many US citizens live in this household.
Today, Like Yesterday, I am proud to say I am a native born son of Louisiana. I love my state and I love the people that live here. This ruling has set our state FORWARD by at least 50 years. That’s how I look at it and most of my neighbors feel the same way. The radical progressive leftie pinko commie rat nanny state bastards…they are not having a good day…and that should make us safer and more free in the long run.
this racial crap has gone on for far too long in our voting laws. Merit. Not location…not color of skin. not protective class or not (what the eff is that anyway?). Nope…merit. Can you do the work and are you good at it and have solid ethics and leadership that makes people want to work hard and improve themselves also? merit…it’s contagious. That is how elections and leadership should be won. Period.
Give it 10 years and we will revisit Louisiana, and enjoy the benefits of this ruling. I am smiling now in a time when I have not been very happy for several weeks.
God Bless Louisiana, God Bless the America
also noting: Obama can suck it
What’s at stake in Watson v RNC (24-1260): Does federal law require ballots to be received by Election Day, or only cast by Election Day?
Federal law had established a uniform national date for federal elections. Does this say that feds can override state laws that allow grace periods? 5th Circuit says no, reasoning that ballots must be both cast and received by Election Day.
After arguments Justices, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch all sounded ready to rule against Mississippi’s mail-in balloting law, while Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson not. The views of Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett are hard to tell. However, the ultimate outcome remains uncertain until the Court issues its opinion, which is expected end of 6/26,
Devastating. We’ve rolled back 100 years of progress in a decade.
I’m convinced we’re in a generation of Americans that are complacent about
Democracy due to growing up in a period of relative stability/peace time.
Many ignorant people, to this day, that choose to bury their head in the sand because they think “the pendulum always swings back”, or “politics doesn’t impact my day to day life”.
As the US descends further into authoritarianism and fascism and Trump/ MAGA continue to whittle away what’s left of our democratic institutions.
They learn nothing from history. We will all suffer for it.
Massive, organized protests in 3,2,1…