Left-wing election lawyer Marc Elias expressed his frustration Wednesday over the Supreme Court’s ruling in a redistricting case.
The Supreme Court threw out a Louisiana map that had two districts drawn with a majority of black voters in a 6-3 ruling, calling it a “racial gerrymander” that violated the Constitution. In a statement posted on X, Elias bemoaned the decision.
“Today’s VRA decision is intellectually dishonest and wrong,” Elias wrote. “The conservatives basically said: Black people can vote for their preferred candidates, as long as they prefer the right candidates — which will be Republicans. An absolutely mockery of the law and stain on the court.”
“SCOTUS guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by making it harder to challenge racially discriminatory maps,” Democracy Docket, an Elias-founded election litigation outlet, posted on Wednesday. “Today’s decision will threaten Black and brown political representation for generations in Southern states.”