callais

/ kəˈleɪɪs /

noun

1. a green stone found as beads and ornaments in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age of W Europe

Word History and Origins

Origin of callais¹

C19: from Greek kallais

Example Sentences

Callais is nominally a long-standing dispute over the drawing of that state’s six congressional districts.

From Slate

Callais made it to the Supreme court was that the plaintiffs in that case, who didn’t like this majority-minority district being drawn, said, “You made race the predominant factor.”

From Slate

Supreme Court hears the Callais case in October and potentially overturns the last remnants of the Voting Rights Act, leading to the likely erasure of majority-minority seats currently held by Black Democrats in South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.

From Salon

Callais, the case that was the subject of last Friday’s cryptic order, is a voting case over the drawing of Louisiana’s six congressional districts.

From Slate

Before Callais, Black voters had successfully sued Louisiana in a case called Robinson v.

From Slate