https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/marathon/Recent content in Marathon on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usThu, 30 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-april-30-2026/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-april-30-2026/<p>The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Wednesday that Louisiana&rsquo;s second majority-Black congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, striking down the map and narrowing a central enforcement mechanism of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/in-major-voting-rights-act-case-supreme-court-strikes-down-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racia/">SCOTUSblog reported</a>.</p> <p>Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority in Louisiana v. Callais, held that the act didn&rsquo;t require Louisiana to create the additional majority-minority district and that the state therefore lacked a compelling interest to justify its use of race in drawing the map, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/takeaways-supreme-court-voting-rights-act">CNN reported</a>. The practical effect: the results test that has been Section 2&rsquo;s primary tool for challenging maps that dilute minority voting strength has been sharply curtailed.</p>