Louisiana v. Callais · ¶119
As I explained more than 30 years ago, I would go further and hold that § 2 of the Voting Rights Act does not regulate districting at all. See id., at 922–923. The relevant text prohibits States from imposing or applying a “voting qualification,” “prerequisite to voting,” or “standard, practice, or procedure,” in a manner that results in a denial or abridgement of the right to vote based on race. 52 U. S. C. § 10301(a). How States draw district lines does not fall within any of those three categories. Holder, 512 U. S., at 922–923 (opinion of Thomas, J.); Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1, 46 (2023) (Thomas, J., dissenting). The words in § 2 instead “reach only `enactments that regulate citizens' access to the ballot or the processes for counting a ballot'; they `do not include a State's . . . choice of one districting scheme over another.' ” 599 U. S., at 46 (quoting Holder, 512 U. S., at…Read in context ›
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