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A New Orleans state representative who as head of the Louisiana House Democratic Caucus has marshaled opposition to Gov. Jeff ...
A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...
It was not clear at oral arguments on Monday how the Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s latest redistricting plan. The state and a group of Black voters ask the justices to ...
2025 Louisiana’s current map was adopted after a federal court ruled its original post-2020 census map, with just one black-majority district out of six, violated federal law. But after lawmakers ...
In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the state’s population is Black. Th ...
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices aired concerns Monday about race in redistricting, in a case about Louisiana's ...
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, ...
the Louisiana Legislature decided to draw a new map and was careful to protect the district boundaries of high-profile incumbent Republicans in Congress, including House Speaker Mike Johnson ...
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 ...
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional ... the VRA by ordering Alabama to redraw its map to allow for an additional Black ...