Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Race-Tinged Louisiana Electoral Dispute

The Supreme Court decided on Nov. 4 to hear a racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular party or constituency. The case will not be heard in time for the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional elections. The cases is actually two cases—Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais—which the court has ordered will be heard together. The court’s new decision came in the form of an unsigned order with comment. No justices dissented. The court voted on May 15 to direct Louisiana to use a disputed congressional map that creates a second black-majority district in the state in this year’s elections. Three justices dissented....