Louisiana v. Callais

The Court holds that because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create a second majority-minority congressional district, no compelling interest justified the State's use of race in drawing its new map, making that map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. CASE: Louisiana v. Callais AUTHOR: Alito, J. DECIDED: 2026-04-29 OPINION: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_new_jifl.pdf AI DISCLOSURE: The voices in this podcast are AI-generated. The narration is produced by a machine-learning voice synthesis model. Tone, inflection, pacing, and emphasis are artifacts of the model and should not be attributed to any individual. The text being read is the majority opinion as published by the Supreme Court of the United States with light adaptations to improve readability.