Louisiana v. Callais · ¶104

On the first Gingles precondition, the Robinson plaintiffs did not meet their burden because they did not provide an illustrative map that met all the State's nonracial goals. The most obvious defcit in the plaintiffs' illustrative maps was the failure to meet the State's political goals, including incumbency protection. The plaintiffs' preferred map would have placed Representative Letlow in a majority Democratic district and thus effectively ensured her exit from Congress. See Brief for Appellant in No. 24–109, at 14; 2 App. to Juris. Statement in No. 24–110, p. 673a (placing Representative Letlow in a district with over twice as many registered Democrats as registered Republicans).

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