The blast radius of Callais – and what it means for Constitutional Law (opens in new tab)

In the month and a half since the Supreme Court decided Louisiana v\. Callais , the actual and potential scope of that case’s destructive impact on the Reconstruction Amendments and on congressional power has only become clearer\. As a reminder, in Callais , the Supreme Court effectively overruled Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibited voting practices with racially discriminatory effects , even in the absence of discriminatory intent\. More specifically, Callais held that Congr...