The Supreme Court seems set to use a case regarding a map laying out U.S. House of Representatives districts in Louisiana to overturn Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which would end the practice of racial gerrymandering -- majority-black districts carved out in a way that all but guarantees Democratic representation.
Section 2 of the VRA forbid voting qualifications that denied the right of black citizens to vote, but has burgeoned into the assumption that black Democrats have a right to see their preferred candidate win House seats, giving one political party a huge built-in advantage in the race for political control. The argument isn’t about voting rights, but about how Section 2 has been abused to preserve partisan advantage for Democrats in the House of Representatives, especially with the 2026 mid-term congressional elections approaching.
