The United States Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais was good news for Louisiana. However, for other states whose redistricting maps have fallen under the specter of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the news is even better. The SCOTUS decision produced a domino effect where other cases that fell under Section 2’s umbrella will either end up on the Supreme Court’s docket or be recalibrated by SCOTUS and by the lower courts in light of this decision.
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The first domino to fall: Alabama. As RedState reported, Alabama’s congressional maps drawn after the 2020 census were found by SCOTUS to be in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The June 2023 5-4 ruling concurred with the lower court ruling in the United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama (Southern Division). As a result, Alabama was required to create a new Black district, which, after a special election to fill the seat, is currently being held by Democrat Rep. Shomari Figures (AL-02).
The State of Alabama is still defending its congressional map, which legislators approved in 2023. A special master hired by a three-judge panel in Birmingham redrew the map for the 2024 congressional elections after Democrats and liberal groups were successful in their initial legal challenge.
The director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust intently awaited the shakeout from the SCOTUS decision because he understood how much it would alter the fight for Republican legislatures, particularly in Southern states.
Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, told 1819 News on Wednesday he was waiting to see what the Supreme Court does with Alabama redistricting cases.
“We are just waiting to see what the Supreme Court does to the Alabama cases and we should expect to see an order as early as Monday,” Kincaid said. “Everything is in front of them so I’m curious to see what they do. It could go in a couple of different directions. Like I said, before we know what happens in Alabama, we need to know what the Supreme Court does with these cases on Monday when they release their orders.”
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However, some do not wish to wait for the typical SCOTUS 32-day wait period. The appellees have petitioned the court to immediately issue its judgment striking down Louisiana’s congressional map, preventing any delay for a remedial map to be used for the 2026 elections.
Justice Alito has ordered a response by 4:00pm tomorrow. https://t.co/4EtsvApSpQ pic.twitter.com/srZVNefnjP
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) April 29, 2026
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is also on the move and plans to apply the latest SCOTUS ruling post haste.
“We will act as quickly as possible to apply this ruling to Alabama’s redistricting efforts and ensure that our congressional maps reflect the will of the people.”
Read my full statement on the Louisiana v. Callais decision 🔗: https://t.co/0YylySio89 pic.twitter.com/LYsFe0ONbR
— Attorney General Steve Marshall (@AGSteveMarshall) April 29, 2026
“The Supreme Court has spoken. States cannot be forced to gerrymander by race. Louisiana v. Callais is a watershed moment. The Court has shut the door on vote-dilution claims that use racial data to disguise what are really partisan disputes. Alabama has been fighting this battle for many years, and today the Supreme Court confirmed our long-held argument that States must not use race, either to help or to harm particular voters, when drawing voting districts. The Court rightly acknowledged that the South has made extraordinary progress, and that laws designed for a different era do not reflect the present reality. We will act as quickly as possible to apply this ruling to Alabama’s redistricting efforts and ensure that our congressional maps reflect the will of the people, not a racial quota system the Constitution forbids.”
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Certain advocates were pressuring Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to call for a special legislative session to redistrict based on the SCOTUS ruling. Ivey demurred, but like AG Marshall, held out the hope that in light of the new decision, the courts would act to right the scales.
Gov. Kay Ivey declines to call special session for redistricting in light of Alabama’s appeal to SCOTUS on its map. #ALPolitics
“While we are not in position to have a special session at this time, I hope in light of this new decision, the court is favorable to Alabama.” pic.twitter.com/CL7pGQUnKE
— Alex Angle (@alexangle_) April 29, 2026
Many do not understand what this means. SCOTUS Wire lays it out succinctly.
Alabama currently has a direct appeal pending before the Supreme Court over its court-imposed congressional map that adds a second majority-black seat.
The Court has taken no action on it since November, likely waiting for a ruling in Callais. pic.twitter.com/GvadQJvmDd
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) April 29, 2026
Because this is a direct appeal, the Court is required to hear the case.
The Court may summarily reverse and restore Alabama’s old congressional map, finding that enough to resolve the case.
They could also order briefing and argument on any of the issues raised next term.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) April 29, 2026
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However, Democrat Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) understands this fully. She knows that her seat (and the new Congressional District 2 seat, for that matter) could potentially be on the chopping block. Not surprisingly, Sewell still drapes herself in the tired canard of the supposed fight for Black representation.
The right-wing Supreme Court has dealt a devastating blow to American democracy and signed the death sentence of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
We will fight back.
My full statement. pic.twitter.com/ruprqP2FYw
— Rep. Terri A. Sewell (@RepTerriSewell) April 29, 2026
But as the domino effect portends, when Alabama sets it off, the rest of the South will follow.
NOBODY IS TELLING YOU THE REAL STORY OF THE SCOTUS VOTING RIGHTS RULING
Yes, the Court ruled 6-3.
Yes, race-based districting is now unconstitutional.
Yes, Louisiana’s map got thrown out.
But here’s the part everyone is missing:
Democrats don’t have a House majority without… pic.twitter.com/M37xkFOzdp
— 🇺🇸 Ronald Carter (@USronaldcarter) April 29, 2026
NOBODY IS TELLING YOU THE REAL STORY OF THE SCOTUS VOTING RIGHTS RULING
Yes, the Court ruled 6-3.
Yes, race-based districting is now unconstitutional.
Yes, Louisiana’s map got thrown out.
But here’s the part everyone is missing:
Democrats don’t have a House majority without those court-ordered maps.
→ A dozen of their current seats sit in districts that only exist because federal courts FORCED states to draw them
→ Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina — every one has at least one Democrat seat in a court-created black-majority district
→ Their House margin is FOUR seats
→ SCOTUS just made 12 of their 213 seats legally redrawable
→ Republican-led legislatures don’t need new voters — they need a redistricting committee and a Tuesday afternoon
If race-based districts are unconstitutional, then Louisiana redraws.
If Louisiana redraws, then Alabama redraws.
If Alabama redraws, then every Southern state redraws.
If every Southern state redraws, the Democrat House majority was a 60-year courtroom artifact — not an election result.
That’s what nobody is saying out loud.
The 2026 midterms were just decided 6-3 — six months before Election Day.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was intended to prevent voter suppression based on racial grounds. However, for over 50 years, it has been used as a cudgel, which allowed Democrats to commandeer voting blocs based on race, rather than actual constituent representation. SCOTUS has effectively taken the cudgel out of their hands, and as the X poster above surmised, Democrats may never control another election for quite some time to come.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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