Supreme Court to hear Louisiana congressional map dispute

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hold a hearing this week regarding the congressional maps of Louisiana.

The court will hear arguments in the case of Callais v. Louisiana. This case originates from a dispute in 2022 regarding a congressional map. At that time, a group of Black voters filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming that the map violated the federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate based on race or color.

A federal district court sided with the black voters and barred the state from using the map for future elections. The Louisiana legislature would later draw a new map in 2024 known as S.B. 8, which created a second majority-Black district, but a group of non-black voters argued that the same congressi