Every 10 years, states undergo the process of redrawing state legislative and federal congressional district boundaries. The process is called redistricting. In 2021, the Louisiana state legislature began the redistricting process. Louisiana law required the legislature to create maps which complied with both the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

In early 2022, Louisiana approved a new map. The map had six congressional districts. The majority of voters were Black in one single district. Per the 2020 Census that triggered the redistricting process, 33% of Louisianans were Black.

A group of Black voters challenged the map in federal court. They claimed the 2022 map violated Section

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