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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to make a decision on Louisiana’s redrawn congressional districts on June 27, pushing it to be reargued at a later date.
A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
The panel had directed Louisiana's legislature to devise a new map by June 3, though the Supreme Court stepped in to allow the disputed map to be used in the 2024 election.
Landry. Last year, a group of Black voters and advocacy organizations won their lawsuit in the Middle District of Louisiana challenging district lines for the Louisiana State Senate and House of ...
A panel of federal judges rejected Louisiana'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.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A bill to draw a new Louisiana Supreme Court map is on its way to Gov. Jeff Landry. The Legislature passed it in the 2024 Special Legislative Session. The bill ...
SB255 passed with 85 yeas and nine nays on Thursday, April 24. The bill says that the state should split into seven Supreme Court districts. Each district should have one justice elected from it.
In your Breakdown: The Louisiana Senate will now choose between three maps to redistrict the Louisiana Supreme Court.
The case was filed by Black voters, the Louisiana NAACP, and Black Votes Matter against state officials over legislative maps crafted by lawmakers in 2022 they claim illegally dilute Black voting ...
Politics Judge wants Louisiana to redraw state legislative district maps The judge's filing noted that the state's voting-age population is about 33% Black.
A federal court judge has ruled that Louisiana’s state legislative maps must be redrawn because they violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes. U.S. District Chief Judge Shelly Dick ...
Louisiana’s state legislature passed a new congressional map Friday that will add a second Black-majority district while imperiling incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.). The updated ...