SCOTUS Contemplates Diluting Black Votes, Again
The Independent details the understandable fear among Black residents in Louisiana that their newly drawn congressional district, designed to enhance minority representation, could be dismantled by the Supreme Court. This isn't just about a 'new' district; it's about a decades-long, federally mandated struggle for equitable voting maps. Louisiana's history of racial gerrymandering is long and
well-documented, leading to interventions like the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which perpetually seems to be under judicial review rather than robust enforcement. Critics might point out that while the Supreme Court appears keen to scrutinize new districts designed to empower minority voters, they remain conspicuously silent on the 'organic' gerrymanders that consistently favor entrenched power
structures. It seems certain courts are perfectly content when districts are drawn to marginalize, but suddenly find 'constitutional concerns' when they're drawn to include. One might wonder if the concern is truly about fairness, or merely maintaining the status quo. (The latter is always a safe bet.)