Louisiana v. Callais · ¶98

Allen did not address the central issue here. We had no occasion in Allen to confront the presumption that compliance with § 2 may serve as a compelling interest for a State to satisfy strict scrutiny. Indeed, Allen did not discuss the Fourteenth Amendment at all. Here, by contrast, it is the linchpin of this suit.

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