Supreme Court rules Alabama's congressional maps violate Voting Rights Act 02:52. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a bid by Louisiana Republicans seeking to reverse a lower ...

Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...

That initial map had one majority-Black district and five majority-White districts, even though African Americans make up nearly one-third of Louisiana's population. The new map adopted by the ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay today in Robinson v.Callais, pausing enforcement of a district court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map as a racial ...

The map included only one majority-Black district even though the state’s population is about one-third Black. A Baton Rouge-based federal district court and the Louisiana-based 5th U.S ...

Both supported the newly drawn state map with a second majority-Black district. About one-third of Louisiana’s voters are Black, but five of its six congressional districts had regularly elected ...