Louisiana's congressional map has been a hot topic of discussion for quite some time now, and it doesn't appear as though that's going to change anytime soon.

In fact, the years-long legal battle has become so intense that America's Supreme Court has decided it needs to step in.

JustTheNews.com is reporting that the Supreme Court of the United States of America has agreed to hear the combined cases of Lousiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, two cases focused around congressional maps in Lousiana.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about whether or not the inclusion of a second Black-majority district in the state would qualify as an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."

The case

This is a massive case, which combines two cases that are already extremely large in scale. If the Supreme Court were to rule against Louisiana, the state would be sent back to the drawing board to redo its voting districts map once again.

There are two maps currently being challenged: On which was drawn in early 2024 as an attempt to provide Black voters with fair and constitutional representation.

According to the source, "that map, which includes a second Black-majority district, is being challenged on the same grounds as the map without a second Black-majority district: An unconstitutional, racial gerrymander in violation of the Voting Rights Act."

It's a confusing situation even just to read about, so I can't imagine having to unpack it in a courtroom.

National Redistricting Foundation chimes in

"The irony and hypocrisy is hard to miss," Maria Jenkins of the National Redistricting Foundation said.

"The Callais lawsuit was intentionally filed in one of the most conservative courts in the country, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, where five of the six active judges were appointed by Republican presidents."

On the other side of the debate is the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, which has been much more friendly toward the idea of a second Black-majority district.

The court made a ruling that said "two majority-minority congressional districts that satisfy and respect traditional redistricting principles can be drawn in Louisiana."

Despite the court's ruling, Louisiana's legislature failed to create a second majority-Black district in 2022, and the court stepped in.

Instead of letting the court create a map, Republicans said they would create a new one, but one hasn't been able to be agreed on yet.

The legal battle has been going on since then and will hit its climax in the Supreme Court soon.