Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Redistricting Map 6-3

Court Ruling on Louisiana Map The U.S.

Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling on April 29, 2026, rejecting a Louisiana congressional map that included two districts with majority-Black voters. The court described the map as a racial gerrymander that violated the Constitution. The decision was reported by the Daily Caller.

Reactions to the Decision Election lawyer Marc Elias posted a statement on X on April 29, 2026, describing the ruling as intellectually dishonest and wrong. He stated that the conservative justices effectively said Black voters can support their preferred candidates only if those candidates are Republicans. Elias added that the decision mocked the law and stained the court.

“Today’s VRA decision is intellectually dishonest and wrong. The conservatives basically said: Black people can vote for their preferred candidates, as long as they prefer the right candidates — which will be Republicans. An absolutely mockery of the law and stain on the court.”

Democracy Docket, an election litigation outlet founded by Elias, posted on April 29, 2026, that the Supreme Court had gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by making it harder to challenge racially discriminatory maps. The outlet stated the decision would threaten Black and brown political representation for generations in Southern states.

Democracy Docket noted the case would return to lower courts for more proceedings and that about 20 related lawsuits on hold would likely move forward.

also indicated that Florida, the only state remaining in ongoing redistricting disputes, could benefit from the decision before the 2026 election. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled new maps for the state on April 27, 2026, which could increase Republican representation in the state's delegation.

Elias has represented Democratic interests in election-related litigation, including before, during, and after the 2020 presidential election. He founded Democracy Docket in 2020. Elias was involved in creating the Steele dossier during his time at the Perkins Coie law firm.

Special counsel John Durham released a report on May 15, 2023, finding that the FBI did not and could not corroborate the dossier's claims.