Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the landmark voting rights case ofLouisiana v. Callais, while arguments were heard in the Virginia Supreme Court inScott v. McDougle.

InCallais, the Supreme Court held that Louisiana’s congressional map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ordered that the judgment be issued to the lower courts immediately, rather than in 32 days, allowing Louisiana to redraw its congressional maps immediately.

InMcDougle,the state held a referendum vote to temporarily amend the state’s constitution to allow for a redistricting that would most likely yield a 10-1 map favoring the Democrats. Currently, the map is 6-5 in favor of the Democrats. President Donald Trump received 48% of the vote in the 2024 election; however, to “restore fairness,” as it was worded on the ballot on April 21, Republicans would be limited to less than 10% representation.

The Virginia Supreme Court has not yet issued a decision onScott v. McDougle;however, an injunction to halt the referendum in a lower court was left in place, which may suggest a favorable ruling against the 10-1 gerrymander favoring the Democrat party.

The Gateway Pundit previously covered the contested issues that resulted in a lower court staying the referendum vote, only to have that stay overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court without a ruling on the merits. The high court would only consider the merits of the case after the election had taken place and only if the referendum vote was successful.

“Restore Fairness”? The Ballot Battle for Virginia’s Map Now Can Continue in the Virginia Supreme Court

After the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the racial gerrymander in Louisiana, the NAACP, League of Women Voters, and the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice sought a temporary restraining order barring Governor Jeff Landry from implementing a new map to replace the unconstitutional gerrymandered map before the state's primary election, for which absentee ballots were mailed out in April, and early voting began on May 2.

In theirpetition, plaintiffs state that they will be "irreparably harmed if they or their members have their votes canceled because of the Governor's unlawful Executive Order purporting to cancel the May 16...elections."

They later wrote, "Before the Governor issued his executive order, Louisiana NAACP members had already cast their absentee ballots in the May 16, 2026, congressional primary," and that, "As a result of the Governor suspending the elections, the Louisiana NAACP’s efforts to educate voters on the timing of the May 16, 2026, congressional primaries were wasted."

Source: The Gateway Pundit