This past summer, voting rights advocates waited on the edge of their seats for the US Supreme Court’s decision in its most significant election law case of the October 2024 term, Louisiana v. Callais...

After weeks of waiting, the last day of the term came and went without a Callais opinion. Instead, the Court decided to take the rare step of listing the case for “reargument” in the Fall 2025 term. Basically, the Supreme Court ordered a redo of the argument, but this time, the Justices had a specific question they wanted the parties to address the next term...

Two months after the last day of the 2024 term, on a Friday evening in August, the Justices announced the additional question they had for the parties in Callais. The bottom line is that the Court intends to put the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) on the line.

Let’s break down exactly what the Supreme Court is asking. Remember that Callais is essentially a showdown between two legal claims: racial vote dilution in violation of Section 2 of the VRA versus racial gerrymandering in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. (If you need a refresher on the difference between these two claims, read my first blog on Louisiana v. Callais).

Louisiana v. Callais and Attacks on the VRA (Full Article)
LWVUS Blog / Last Updated: October 14, 2025
This blog was written by former legal intern Joseph DeMartin.