Why The Supreme Court’s Landmark Elections Decision Is a ‘Game Changer’ for the Midterms and Beyond

In the coming months, the ghosts of Elbridge Gerry and Homer Plessy will likely stalk the land. More on them in a moment.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued one of the most important judicial decisions in American history.

In the case of Louisiana v. Callais et al. (“Callais”), SCOTUS ruled by a 6-3 majority that Louisiana’s new congressional map based on “racial gerrymandering” violated the Constitution, a decision that one user on the social media platform X called a “game changer” from a political perspective.

Louisiana drew a new congressional map in 2022. But a federal judge ruled that the map, which did not include an additional majority-black district, probably violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

That section reads as follows: “No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny