The Supreme Court ruled on a challenge by white voters to a congressional map in Louisiana creating a second Black majority district

The Supreme Court ruled on a challenge by white voters to a congressional map in Louisiana creating a second Black majority district

 Anna Moneymaker

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply limited the use of race in drawing electoral districts, in a decision that could reshape congressional maps nationwide and boost Republican prospects ahead of midterm elections.

In a 6–3 ruling split along ideological lines, the conservative-dominated court struck down a map that creates a second majority-Black district in Louisiana, finding it amounted to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander despite being drawn to comply with the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA).

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