Democrats know the redistricting game is over
For more than a decade, Democrats and their allies have used the federal courts as a redistricting weapon to force Republican-led states to carve up congressional maps along racial lines, override the will of state legislatures, and hand Democrats seats they couldn’t win on merit. The Supreme Court said enough.
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in *Louisiana v. Callais* that race cannot be the predominant factor in drawing congressional districts.
- The ruling struck down Louisiana's 'Cleo District' as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
- This decision narrows the use of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which Democrats allegedly weaponized for redistricting.
- The ruling is expected to lead to redraws of congressional maps in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
- The author argues this ruling restores the constitutional order where state legislatures draw districts and federal courts enforce limits, not reengineer political composition.
- The ruling requires a higher bar to prove actual, current, intentional discrimination in future redistricting challenges.