Lawmakers discuss Louisiana v. Callais’ impact on elections

(The Center Square) – In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the 61-year-old Voting Rights Act, California lawmakers spoke out about how they see the landmark decision affecting the Golden State’s elections this year and in the future.

The court decided in Louisiana v. Callais that the Pelican State did not have a justifiable reason to create an additional majority-minority congressional district. The court’s conservative majority said there was no compelling interest that justified the state’s use of race in creating a district as required by Louisiana law and that the map created by a 2024 state law is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. That’s according to a summary of the decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.

“All it did was actually remove the racial justification for how you draw lines, and I think that’s the right decision...