SCOTUS Tolls the Bell on Racial Gerrymandering

American Thinker ^ | 3 May, 2026 | Clarice Feldman

[MtnClimber]

The implications of the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais overturning race-based voting districts are far more profound and far-reaching than anyone has yet realized.

This week, the Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, ended decades of race-engineering in how congressional districts are drawn. The opinion is likely not only to benefit Republicans by increasing their representation in Congress, but it also should end racial engineering in a multitude of local institutions, to the benefit of all. It signals the beginning of the end for progressive governance, begun by President Woodrow Wilson (ironically, a segregationist), whose vision conflicts with the Constitution.

Thirty-one years ago, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that racial gerrymandering -- defended as a means for ensuring proportional electoral results according to race -- should not continue.

In my view, our current practice should not continue. Not for another Term, not until the next case, not for another day. The disastrous implications of the policies we have adopted under the Act are too grave; the dissembling in our approach to the [Voting Rights] Act too damaging to the credibility of the Federal Judiciary. The “inherent tension” -- indeed, I would call it an irreconcilable conflict -- between the standards we have adopted for evaluating vote dilution claims and the text of the Voting Rights Act would itself be sufficient in my view to warrant overruling the interpretation of § 2 set out in Gingles. When that obvious conflict is combined with the destructive effects our expansive reading of the Act has had in involving the Federal Judiciary in the project of dividing the Nation into racially segregated electoral districts, I can see no reasonable alternative to abandoning our current unfortunate understanding of the Act.

It did, however, continue until this week.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: democratshasthesads; elections; redistricting; scotus

[marktwain]

It signals the beginning of the end for progressive governance, begun by President Woodrow Wilson (ironically, a segregationist), whose vision conflicts with the Constitution.

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Bingo. The core ideas of Progressivism start with the idea that limits on government are bad. We lived under Media and government dominated by Progressive ideology for decades (about 1940 - 1994). We have been moving back toward a Constitutional Republic since 1994, with the old dominant Progressive media fighting tooth and nail the whole time.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s about time. Americans should NOT be elected only for the color of their skin. Integrity, honesty and truthfulness should also be important when choosing who to vote for.

[sgt_lau]

The presence of a Congressional Black Caucus tells me all I need to know about racism in this Country. Can there be a Congressional White Caucus? You and I both know the answer, don’t we?

[bobbo666]

Claim that all their losers swear that they cannot be represented by anyone other than their types. Then, enact district rules that favor the DNC.

E.g.; “Everyone now needs to claim to be a tranny, so we will create districts ruled/represented by trannies.”

There is no end to how corruption operates. You just must be vigilant and kill it off when spotted. US conservatives have been horribly lazy over last few decades in voting on this issue.