Democrats’ Favorite Election Lawyer Marc Elias Blows Gasket Over SCOTUS District Ruling

Left-wing election lawyer Marc Elias expressed his frustration Wednesday over the Supreme Court’s ruling in a redistricting case.

The Supreme Court threw out a Louisiana map that had two districts drawn with a majority of black voters in a 6-3 ruling, calling it a “racial gerrymander” that violated the Constitution. In a statement posted on X, Elias bemoaned the decision.

“Today’s VRA decision is intellectually dishonest and wrong,” Elias wrote. “The conservatives basically said: Black people can vote for their preferred candidates, as long as they prefer the right candidates — which will be Republicans. An absolutely mockery of the law and stain on the court.”

“SCOTUS guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by making it harder to challenge racially discriminatory maps,” Democracy Docket, an Elias-founded election litigation outlet, posted on Wednesday. “Today’s decision will threaten Black and brown political representation for generations in Southern states.”

“The case will return to lower courts for more proceedings, and the ~20 lawsuits on hold pending a decision in Callais will likely move forward,” Democracy Docket added in another post on the thread. “Florida — the only state left in the ongoing redistricting war — could benefit from today’s decision before the 2026 election.”