Reply Brief
The following is excerpted from the Supplemental Reply Brief of the Appellants as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2025. Although we are making progress toward the goal of an America where race is no longer relevant to opportunity, “racial discrimination and racially polarized voting are not ancient history.” — Bartlett v. Strickland (2009). Today, there are places in Louisiana where race substantially factors into which candidate certain voters support, which constituents elected officials are responsive to and what campaign messages candidates produce. Even now, it appears that Louisiana is planning to roll back Black representation in…
