Well, the Supreme Court has just handed out of their decision in Louisiana versus Calais,

and why does this matter to you?

Well, because it could significantly alter the way the congressional districts are drawn.

Let me explain what happened with all of this.

After the 2020 census, Louisiana drew a map with a one majority black congressional district

out of six.

Federal courts ruled that violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and ordered a new map to be drawn.

So Louisiana drew a 2024 map, creating a second majority black district.

Cleo Fields won that seat.

A group of non-black voters challenged it as an unconstitutional racial

gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause. Now, the decision came down and Justice

Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, said the Constitution almost never permits the federal

government or a state to discriminate on the basis of race. And again,

if you got to understand the Voting Rights Act was put into effect in the mid-60s,

this was amidst Jim Crow era in the South.

There was a lot of attempts by state legislatures to directly discriminate against black voters,

against black people in general within the law.

And one of those was they would carve up the districts in such a way to where black voters against black people in general within the law. And one of those was they would carve up the districts in such a way to where black voters never really had any sort of actual representation. And so a clear goal and objective of the Voting Rights Act was to be able to prevent that from happening. Now, a lot of people will question how necessary is that in 2026 versus the mid-1960s, and various people can debate that.

I would tend to think that it's not the same issue that it was back then.

But the bottom line is the Voting Rights Act is still the law of the land and Section 2 still governs this.

However, it's a little bit confusing, right?

Because you can't, and one thing,

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