The Supreme Court punted the case of Louisiana’s gerrymandered congressional map last month and that’s a shame. The Court has ...

“Louisiana is tired,” state officials told the Supreme Court in December. “Midway through this decade, neither Louisiana nor its citizens know what congressional map they can call home.” ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson was declared the winner Tuesday night in his effort to keep Louisiana's 4th Congressional District solidly red, according to The Associated Press. The four-term ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on Louisiana’s contested congressional district map, the latest development in a legal fight that began in 2022 over the role of race in redistricting ...

The Supreme Court on Friday put off deciding whether to uphold a Louisiana map that added a second majority-Black congressional district in the state, saying it would rehear the case in its next term.

Louisiana’s current map was adopted after a federal court ruled its original post-2020 census map, with just one black-majority district out of six, violated federal law.

The Supreme Court last year put the lower court’s decision on hold, which allowed Louisiana to use the new map during the 2024 elections. Rep. Cleo Fields, who had been a member of Congress for two ...

The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.The case is being closely watched because at ...

At the center of the debate is Louisiana's congressional district map, which now includes a sixth district stretching from Shreveport, roughly 250 miles southeast, to Baton Rouge.

Monday's arguments centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law barring ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The U.S. Supreme Court did not take action in the fight over Louisiana’s congressional map Friday. Instead, the justices announced Friday that they’ll hear additional ...

After the 2020 census, Louisiana needed to draw a new map for its six congressional districts. Although roughly a third of the state’s population is Black, the map that the legislature enacted in 2022 ...