SCOTUS dispatch: the Supreme Court’s showdown over Louisiana’s voting map

Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC.

There is a certain intensity to watching US Supreme Court arguments live that recordings simply cannot capture. The subtle shifts in the justices’ expressions and the way they lean in when a key point is made each add a new layer to understanding the stakes. This was especially true on Wednesday morning when the Court reexamined one of the most contentious questions in modern voting rights law: when, if ever, can a state intentionally use race to redraw its congressional maps without violating the Constitution? This debate centers on Louisiana’s controversial new map , drawn after a lower court ruled that the state had diluted Black voters’ power, thus violating