A panel of federal judges rejected LA's new congressional map, which made two of the state's six districts majority-Black. This state's map from 2022 was also federally blocked.

The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

In June 2022, Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick issued an injunction against the map, saying challengers would likely win their claim that it violated the Voting Rights Act.

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 judge, U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, said in her June 2022 decision that map likely violated the landmark voting law, and she gave state lawmakers the opportunity to come up with a new map ...

Under the 2022 map, which was used in last November's election, there is one majority-Black district – the 2nd District, which encompasses most of New Orleans and stretches to Baton Rouge, and ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to rule on Louisiana’s contested congressional district map; however, at the final moment, the justices decided to table the argument ...

“And like the Alabama ruling, it doesn’t explain why the court nevertheless had issued emergency relief to allow Louisiana to use its unlawful maps during the 2022 midterm cycle,” Vladeck added.

Rep. Cleo Fields, who had been a member of Congress for two terms during the 1990s until his district was redrawn, was elected to represent the 6th District. Both the state and the Black voters who ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reinstated a version of Louisiana’s congressional map that contains two Black-majority, Democratic-leaning districts — at least for the 2024 election.. Last ...

The state’s Republican-dominated legislature drew a new congressional map in 2022 to account for population shifts reflected in the 2020 census.

Under the 2022 map, which was used in last November’s election, there is one majority-Black district — the 2nd District, which encompasses most of New Orleans and stretches to Baton Rouge, and ...