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In a crucial moment for Louisiana's political landscape, calls for a special legislative session to overhaul the state’s congressional map are growing louder. Recent developments indicate that the ...
The Supreme Court punted the case of Louisiana’s gerrymandered congressional map last month and that’s a shame. The Court has ...
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create ...
The Supreme Court is putting off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.
The courtroom saga started when Louisiana adopted a congressional map with one Black-majority congressional district out of the six in the state following the 2020 census. Voters and voting rights ...
The high court eventually affirmed the ruling from Alabama, which led to a new map and a second district that could elect a Black lawmaker. The justices returned the Louisiana case to federal court, ...
Louisiana argued that it was caught in an impossible position: At first, a federal court ruled that the state had likely violated the Voting Rights Act by drawing only one majority Black district ...
The Supreme Court seems closely divided over a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, which added a second Black majority district.
The Supreme Court is reviewing Louisiana's congressional map over majority Black districts, with a decision expected by late June ...
(CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts that could have nationwide implications for how states consider ...
But in a stunning decision in 2023, the court appeared to bolster a key provision of the VRA by ordering Alabama to redraw its map to allow for an additional Black majority district. Chief Justice ...
Instead, in 2022, the Louisiana State Legislature overrode a veto to pass a congressional map that had only one majority-Black district. Advocacy organizations and Black voters sued the state, arguing ...