Thomas leaves nothing left unsaid on racial gerrymandering decision: ‘Go further’

Justice Clarence Thomas argued in a Supreme Court concurrence that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act should not apply to redistricting cases, going beyond the court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which upheld that a Louisiana congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, contended that the law’s anti-discrimination provision is divisive and irrelevant to district map-drawing, while the majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito acknowledged limited racial considerations in redistricting.