Louisiana v. Callais · ¶52

“Our acceptance of race-based state action has been rare for a reason.” SFFA, 600 U. S., at 208. “ `Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.' ” Ibid. (quoting Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U. S. 495, 517 (2000)). And in redistricting, “where the State assumes from a group of voters' race that they `think alike, share the same political interests, and will prefer the same candidates at the polls,' it engages in racial stereotyping at odds with equal protection mandates.” Miller, 515 U. S., at 920 (quoting Shaw I, 509 U. S. 630, 647 (1993)).

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