Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Drawing Congressional Districts Based on Race is Unconstitutiona
According to Shawn Fleetwood of The Federalist, the majority opinion was written by Associate Justice Samuel Alito.
Fleetwood reported the decision in a post on X.
“In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS rules that Louisiana’s creation of a second black-majority district is ‘an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,’” Fleetwood wrote. “Majority opinion by Alito.”
Alito wrote, “Another problem stemmed from the long-unresolved question whether compliance with the Voting Rights Act provides a compelling reason that may justify the intentional use of race in drawing legislative districts.”
The ruling was widely celebrated by conservatives:
The ruling comes a week after Virginia Democrats successfully passed an initiative to disenfranchise 45 percent of voters with a 10-1 congressional map that favored their party.
