Federal judges throw out Louisiana congressional map with second Black District U.S. Western District Judges Robert Summerhays and David Joseph, both nominated by President Trump, sided with the ...

It was a momentous occasion for Judge Edwards as he became the first Black judge to serve the United States Western District Court of Louisiana.

The opponents of the latest map filed their lawsuit in the federal court system’s Western District of Louisiana, which is dominated by Republican-appointed judges.

In the ruling on Tuesday, Judges David C. Joseph and Robert R. Summerhays, both of the Western District of Louisiana, acknowledged that factors other than race, like protecting certain incumbents ...

In the ruling, Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana, a former President Trump appointee, sided with the state of Louisiana in prohibiting the EPA’s Office of External Civil ...

SHREVEPORT, La. – Louisiana’s proposed congressional map that created a second Black-majority district has been thrown out by two federal court judges.

Chief U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana last year blocked the Biden administration from communicating with social media companies to encourage them to remove ...

In a permanent injunction issued late Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana said EPA can no longer enforce “disparate-impact requirements” under ...

A federal three-judge panel has thrown out Louisiana's new congressional map that created a second Black district, leaving the state's political boundaries in question with the November election less ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she is reviewing the decision by a federal three-judge panel to throw out the new Congressional map.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she is reviewing the decision by a federal three-judge panel to throw out the new Congressional map.