Fifth Circuit Vacates Ruling on Louisiana District Maps After Supreme Court Section 2 Shift

The U.S. 5th Circuit vacated its ruling that Louisiana’s legislative maps violated the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court’s Callais decision narrowed how Section 2 can be used, pausing the case while considering Callais. Republicans are moving to redraw the U.S. House maps for 2026, but the state legislative boundaries remain unresolved. Black voters in Nairne seek more majority-Black districts (six in the House, three in the Senate); Louisiana currently has 28 of 105 House seats and 11 of 39 Senate seats that are majority-Black.