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Supreme Court limits use of race in redistricting in a win for GOP

Apr 29, 2026Center Left

The Supreme Court ruled for Republicans in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana, ruling that a new map was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply with the Voting Rights Act.

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The US Supreme Court voted 6-3 along ideological lines to limit the use of the Voting Rights Act to create predominantly Black or Hispanic election districts. The justices rejected a Louisiana congressional map that was drawn with a second majority-Black district after a lower court found an earlier map to be discriminatory. Michael McKee reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

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