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Callais, pausing enforcement of a district court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map as a racial gerrymander. With the stay in place, Louisiana voters will be able to cast their ...
The Louisiana state legislature on Friday approved a new congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts after being ordered to do so by a federal court that found that the existing ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has a new congressional map, with a second majority-Black district, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed it into law on Monday. The new map is a win for Black ...
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will allow Louisiana to use for the 2024 elections a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black ...
Although a third of Louisianians are Black, less than a third of state legislative districts have majority Black populations.
The judge, US District Judge Shelly Dick ... “Black voters in Louisiana have suffered one election under a congressional map that unlawfully dilutes their political influence.
House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, ...
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 ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed a congressional map in Louisiana to ... and the only district to favor Democrats. The Black population in Louisiana is 33%. On June 6, Judge Shelly Dick ...
A group of mostly White voters that is challenging Louisiana’s proposed congressional districts called the map “morally repugnant” in a filing with the Supreme Court on Monday. The high ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to uphold Louisiana's congressional map, which was used in the 2024 elections and features two majority-Black districts. Reuters reports that the court ...
Louisiana state lawmakers approved a new congressional map on Friday, drawing a second majority-Black district to comply with a court order. A federal court had ruled in 2022 that Louisiana’s ...