米連邦最高裁は、ミシシッピ州およびノースダコタ州の州議会選挙区割りをめぐる訴訟について、最近の「ルイジアナ州対カレイス事件」の判決に照らして再検討するよう命じる決定を下した。
この署名のない簡潔な命令は、同裁判所が選挙区割りにおける人種差別に対する投票権法の保護を弱めた後に出された。この決定により、同裁判所は、司法長官だけでなく民間団体や個人による同法第2条の規定の執行をめぐる、より広範な対立を回避することが可能となる。
米連邦最高裁は、ミシシッピ州およびノースダコタ州の州議会選挙区割りをめぐる訴訟について、最近の「ルイジアナ州対カレイス事件」の判決に照らして再検討するよう命じる決定を下した。
この署名のない簡潔な命令は、同裁判所が選挙区割りにおける人種差別に対する投票権法の保護を弱めた後に出された。この決定により、同裁判所は、司法長官だけでなく民間団体や個人による同法第2条の規定の執行をめぐる、より広範な対立を回避することが可能となる。
X上では、連邦最高裁が「ルイジアナ州対カレイス事件」の判決に基づき、ミシシッピ州とノースダコタ州の選挙区割り訴訟を差し戻したことについて議論が行われた。投稿では、ジャクソン判事の反対意見や、人種を基盤とした選挙区割りからの転換の可能性が注目された。保守的なアカウントは、厳格な法的基準と法の支配の重視を評価した。進歩的な声は、少数派の投票権や投票権法に基づく民間訴訟をめぐる闘争が続くことを指摘した。ジャーナリストやアナリストは、意見を抑えつつ、差し戻しに関する事実関係を整理して伝えた。
Supreme Court vacates lower court decisions in two Voting Rights Act-related cases (Mississippi and North Dakota) and remands them for further proceedings in light of Callais. Justice Jackson is the lone dissent in both cases. @FDRLST pic.twitter.com/j5NBclXiw7
— Shawn Fleetwood (@ShawnFleetwood) 2026年5月18日
The U.S. Supreme Court just sent Mississippi’s redistricting case back to the lower court for another look after its recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
— Gerald A. Griggs (@AttorneyGriggs) 2026年5月18日
A lower court had already ruled that Mississippi’s maps unfairly weakened Black voting power. Mississippi appealed,…
THE LAW IS NOT A MATTER OF OPINION
— Unite4Freedom (@Unite4Freedom) 2026年5月18日
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court sent a massive signal that it remains fully engaged in restoring the rule of law and objective standards to our election systems.
In its newly released order list, SCOTUS vacated lower court decisions in…
The Court vacates lower court orders in these redistricting cases and sends them back in light of Callais.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) 2026年5月18日
Justice Jackson would decide the issue now and summarily dispose of the cases in light of a 1996 ruling on a different section of the Voting Rights Act.
The Left’s claims that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais marks a return to Jim Crow are asinine.
— Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) 2026年5月18日
The Court’s decision was aligned with the Constitution and actually returned the Voting Rights Act to its original meaning.
When the Court doesn’t rule their way,… pic.twitter.com/rzSiPnoF7a
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The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a series of recent orders allowing Louisiana and Alabama to redraw congressional maps that eliminate Black opportunity districts. The rulings came in the Louisiana v. Callais case and related Alabama litigation. They mark a sharp shift in the court's approach to voting rights enforcement under the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued two unexplained orders returning voting rights cases from Mississippi and North Dakota to lower courts for reconsideration. The moves follow the court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that reshaped Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from both orders.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed its Louisiana v. Callais decision to take immediate effect, enabling states to redraw congressional maps in ways that could reduce minority representation.
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 unsigned order Tuesday night permitting Alabama to implement a congressional map that eliminates a district held by a Black Democrat. The decision applies and expands the Court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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In response to the Supreme Court's Callais v. Louisiana decision curtailing Voting Rights Act protections (as covered in this series), Alabama lawmakers have begun a special session to reinstate 2023 congressional maps if courts lift a prior ban. Critics say the move would undermine Black representation.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) postponed the state's U.S. House primaries until at least mid-July via emergency executive order following the Supreme Court's April 29, 2026, ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down the congressional map as unconstitutional under the Voting Rights Act. The move, praised by President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson but challenged by a lawsuit, has caused voter confusion amid ongoing early voting for other races, as Republicans eye redistricting gains.
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The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional map approved by voters in a recent referendum, ruling it unconstitutional. Democratic leaders have criticized the decision as overturning the will of the people.