Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana congressional maps in case with national implications

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: April 29, 2026

Words: 1,185

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s existing congressional map Wednesday as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a ruling that may have implications for core tenets of the Voting Rights Act.

“Allowing race to play any part in government decision-making represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context,” Justice Samuel Alito, who was appointed to the court in 2005 by President George W. Bush, wrote for the …

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