Allen v. Milligan · ¶24

Alabama then fled its second appeal to this Court. While that appeal was pending, this Court decided Louisiana v. Callais, 608 U. S. 85 (2026). Although Callais signifcantly changed the test for discriminatory-effect vote-dilution claims under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, it also purported not to “overrul[e] Allen.” Id., at 125. Nor did Callais alter the analysis for intentional-discrimination claims under the Fourteenth Amendment. Still, the Court vacated the District Court's injunction in these cases and remanded for further consideration in light of Callais. Caster, 608 U. S., at ––– – –––. That vacatur restored Alabama's 2023 Redistricting Plan just one week before Alabama's primary election while voting was already under way. Id., at ––– (Sotomayor, J., dissenting).

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