SCOTUS strikes down La. map, limits use of race in redistricting ^51.3%

One America News Network - By OAN Staff Jenna Lee - 4/29/2026, 3:58 PM

Negativity Bias 32.7% - Self-Serving Bias 11.9% - Framing Effect 8.5%

In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s majority ruled that Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map constituted an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The High Court held that the state’s use of race as the predominant factor in drawing the map —... more